This page will contain videos about Benjamin Harrison, as they become available.Benjamin HarrisonThis article is about the President. For the Angband member, see Angband (game) Benjamin Harrison VI (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893). BiographyA grandson of President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin was born on Tuesday August 20, 1833 in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio to John Scott Harrison (later a U.S. Congressman from Ohio) and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin. He attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where he was a member of the fraternity Phi Delta Theta, and graduated in 1852. He studied law in Cincinnati then moved to Indianapolis in 1854. He was admitted to the bar and became reporter of the decisions of the supreme court of the State. Harrison served in the Union Army during the Civil War, brevetting as a brigadier general, and mustering out in 1865. While in the field in October 1864 he was re-elected reporter of the State supreme court and served four years. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1876. He was appointed a member of the Mississippi River Commission in 1879, and elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, where he served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1887. He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (47th Congress) and U.S. Senate Committee on Territories (48th and 49th Congresses). PresidencyBenjamin HarrisonHarrison was elected President of the United States in 1888. In the Presidential election, Harrison received 100,000 fewer popular votes than Cleveland, but carried the Electoral College 233 to 168. Although Harrison had made no political bargains, his supporters had given innumerable pledges upon his behalf. When Boss Matt Quay of Pennsylvania heard that Harrison ascribed his narrow victory to Providence, Quay exclaimed that Harrison would never know "how close a number of men were compelled to approach...the penitentiary to make him President." He was inaugurated on March 4, 1889, and served until March 3, 1893. Harrison was also known as the "centennial president" because his inauguration was the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington. Benjamin HarrisonHarrison was proud of the vigorous foreign policy which he helped shape. The first Pan-American Congress met in Washington, D.C. in 1889, establishing an information center which later became the Pan American Union. At the end of his administration, Harrison submitted to the Senate a treaty to annex Hawaii; to his disappointment, President Cleveland later withdrew it. Substantial appropriation bills were signed by Harrison for internal improvements, naval expansion, and subsidies for steamship lines. For the first time except in war, Congress appropriated a billion dollars. When critics attacked "the billion-dollar Congress," Speaker Thomas B. Reed replied, "This is a billion-dollar country." President Harrison also signed the Sherman Antitrust Act "to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies," the first Federal act attempting to regulate trusts. The most perplexing domestic problem Harrison faced was the tariff issue. The high tariff rates in effect had created a surplus of money in the Treasury. Low-tariff advocates argued that the surplus was hurting business. Republican leaders in Congress successfully met the challenge. Representative William McKinley and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich framed a still higher tariff bill; some rates were intentionally prohibitive. Benjamin HarrisonHarrison tried to make the tariff more acceptable by writing in reciprocity provisions. To cope with the Treasury surplus, the tariff was removed from imported raw sugar; sugar growers within the United States were given two cents a pound bounty on their production. Long before the end of the Harrison Administration, the Treasury surplus had evaporated, and prosperity seemed about to disappear as well. Congressional elections in 1890 went stingingly against the Republicans, and party leaders decided to abandon President Harrison although he had cooperated with Congress on party legislation. Nevertheless, his party renominated him in 1892, but he was defeated by Cleveland. He served as an attorney for the Republic of Venezuela in the boundary dispute between Venezuela and the United Kingdom in 1900. After he left office, Harrison returned to Indianapolis, and married the widowed Mrs. Mary Dimmick in 1896 and fathered another daughter. A dignified elder statesman, he died of influenza and pneumonia on Wednesday, March 13, 1901 and is interred in Crown Hill Cemetery. The Benjamin Harrison Law School in Indianapolis, Indiana, was named in his honor. In 1944 Indiana University acquired the school and renamed it Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis. CabinetSupreme Court AppointmentsHarrison appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States:
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In 1944 Indiana University acquired the school and renamed it Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis. Altria owns 100 percent of Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris International, and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. The Benjamin Harrison Law School in Indianapolis, Indiana, was named in his honor. . A dignified elder statesman, he died of influenza and pneumonia on Wednesday, March 13, 1901 and is interred in Crown Hill Cemetery. In November 2004, it was annouced that Altria was considering splitting itself into three separate companies, because the United States tobacco liability problem was lowering the valuation of all areas of its business, including international tobacco sales. Mary Dimmick in 1896 and fathered another daughter. to better reflect its wide portfolio of assets and as an attempt to shed its image as merely a tobacco company. After he left office, Harrison returned to Indianapolis, and married the widowed Mrs. changed its name to Altria Group Inc. He served as an attorney for the Republic of Venezuela in the boundary dispute between Venezuela and the United Kingdom in 1900. On January 27, 2003, Philip Morris Companies Inc. Nevertheless, his party renominated him in 1892, but he was defeated by Cleveland. It also purchased the Nabisco division of the former RJR Nabisco in 2000. Congressional elections in 1890 went stingingly against the Republicans, and party leaders decided to abandon President Harrison although he had cooperated with Congress on party legislation. Philip Morris bought Kraft Foods on October 30, 1988 for US$13.1 billion, in a bid to diversify from the declining tobacco business and to reduce litigation risk. Long before the end of the Harrison Administration, the Treasury surplus had evaporated, and prosperity seemed about to disappear as well. Though Altria's headquarters are still in New York, in 2004 its Philip Morris USA division completed a move of its 682 New York based employees to Richmond, Virginia in order to consolidate operations at its Richmond office and achieve cost savings for shareholders.1. To cope with the Treasury surplus, the tariff was removed from imported raw sugar; sugar growers within the United States were given two cents a pound bounty on their production. The company opened its New York office in 1902 and soon became part of James Duke's American Tobacco monopoly. Harrison tried to make the tariff more acceptable by writing in reciprocity provisions. He was one of the first people to sell hand-rolled cigarettes in the 1860s, selling them under the brand names Oxford and Cambridge Blues, following the adoption of cigarette smoking by British soldiers returning from the Crimean War. Aldrich framed a still higher tariff bill; some rates were intentionally prohibitive. Philip Morris was begun by a London tobacconist of the same name. Representative William McKinley and Senator Nelson W. Other popular tobacco brands owned by Phillip Morris are Parliament, Virginia Slims, West (in Germany), and Benson and Hedges (in some markets only). Republican leaders in Congress successfully met the challenge. Their flagship Marlboro brand is the world's most popular tobacco brand. Low-tariff advocates argued that the surplus was hurting business. and Japan Tobacco sell larger volumes). The high tariff rates in effect had created a surplus of money in the Treasury. Altria's tobacco subsidiary Philip Morris is the world's largest commercial tobacco company by sales (the China National Tobacco Co. The most perplexing domestic problem Harrison faced was the tariff issue. Altria Group, Inc. NYSE: MO (previously named Philip Morris Companies Inc.) is one of the world's largest food, beverage, and tobacco corporations and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Reed replied, "This is a billion-dollar country." President Harrison also signed the Sherman Antitrust Act "to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies," the first Federal act attempting to regulate trusts. CEO, Philip Morris USA: Michael Szymanczyk. When critics attacked "the billion-dollar Congress," Speaker Thomas B. Parrish. For the first time except in war, Congress appropriated a billion dollars. SVP, Corporate Affairs: Steven C. Substantial appropriation bills were signed by Harrison for internal improvements, naval expansion, and subsidies for steamship lines. Devitre. At the end of his administration, Harrison submitted to the Senate a treaty to annex Hawaii; to his disappointment, President Cleveland later withdrew it. SVP and CFO: Dinyar S. in 1889, establishing an information center which later became the Pan American Union. Camilleri. The first Pan-American Congress met in Washington, D.C. Chairman and CEO: Louis C. Harrison was proud of the vigorous foreign policy which he helped shape. Vegemite. Harrison was also known as the "centennial president" because his inauguration was the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington. Suchard. When Boss Matt Quay of Pennsylvania heard that Harrison ascribed his narrow victory to Providence, Quay exclaimed that Harrison would never know "how close a number of men were compelled to approach...the penitentiary to make him President." He was inaugurated on March 4, 1889, and served until March 3, 1893. Splenda. Although Harrison had made no political bargains, his supporters had given innumerable pledges upon his behalf. Shake n Bake. In the Presidential election, Harrison received 100,000 fewer popular votes than Cleveland, but carried the Electoral College 233 to 168. Philadelphia cream cheese. Harrison was elected President of the United States in 1888. Post Cereals. Senate Committee on Territories (48th and 49th Congresses). Oscar Mayer meats. Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (47th Congress) and U.S. Onko. He was chairman of the U.S. Miracoli. He was appointed a member of the Mississippi River Commission in 1879, and elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, where he served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1887. Miracle Whip. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1876. Miller Brewing. While in the field in October 1864 he was re-elected reporter of the State supreme court and served four years. Milka. Harrison served in the Union Army during the Civil War, brevetting as a brigadier general, and mustering out in 1865. Maxwell House. He was admitted to the bar and became reporter of the decisions of the supreme court of the State. Lenders Bagels. He studied law in Cincinnati then moved to Indianapolis in 1854. Boca Burger. He attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where he was a member of the fraternity Phi Delta Theta, and graduated in 1852. Kraft Foods. Congressman from Ohio) and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin. Kool-Aid. A grandson of President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin was born on Tuesday August 20, 1833 in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio to John Scott Harrison (later a U.S. Kaffee HAG. . Jacobs coffee. Benjamin Harrison VI (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893). Daim. For the Angband member, see Angband (game). West. This article is about the President. Virginia Slims. History of the United States (1865-1918). Saratoga. presidential election, 1892. Players. U.S. Parliament. presidential election, 1888. Next. U.S. Merit. See L.M. Marlboro. suburbs. L&M. Harrison has African-American descendants residing in the Washington D.C. Lark. Harrison was the last President of the United States to wear a beard while in office. F6. This recording, which was originally made on a phonograph cylinder, can be easily accessed via the Internet. English Ovals. President whose voice was recorded. Commander. It is quite possible that Benjamin Harrison was the first U.S. Collector's Choice. Wyoming – July 10, 1890. Classic. Idaho – July 3, 1890. Chesterfield (named for Chesterfield County, Virginia). Washington – November 11, 1889. Cambridge. Montana – November 8, 1889. Bucks. South Dakota – November 2, 1889. Bristol. North Dakota – November 2, 1889. Benson & Hedges. Wounded Knee Massacre (1890). Basic. Ocala Demands (1890). Alpine. McKinley Tariff (1890). Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890). Sherman Antitrust Act (1890). Howell Edmunds Jackson - 1893. - 1892. George Shiras, Jr. Henry Billings Brown - 1891. David Josiah Brewer - 1890. |