Legacy: Pursuing the most active agenda in foreign policy since Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Harrison set forth legislation that incorporated Hawaii into the United States, launching the nation on the road to empire that would distinguish the U.
National Portrait Gallery Benjamin Harrison. Back to Top. During the Gilded Age, the spoils system ruled the day. The Republican Party was less than pleased with Harrison because he made his political appointments based upon ability, not as favors to the political machine. For example, Harrison wanted civil rights legislation addressed during his presidency.
It was never prioritized and docketed due to a congress that would not budge from its own agenda. Many lending institutions and corporate powers balked, and the value of the U. At about the same time, congress approved the McKinley Tariff into law. This would tax incoming goods at a higher rate and hopefully encourage people to buy American made products. The backlash by consumers against the Republican Party was devastating, eventually removing the president and a significant number of congressmen in the election.
In , Benjamin Harrison lost more than an election; in October, his wife Caroline died in the White House due to complications from tuberculosis.
Benjamin Harrison paved the way for the future success of the Republican Party. He helped introduce civil rights legislation and established relations with Central America—resulting in the Pan-American games.
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Site Credits. Give the Experience Live. Thank You! Enter your email below to check your subscription Enter. In the s, he built a two-story Italianate house with 16 rooms. The large elegant home, a symbol of his success as a lawyer, would be his home for the rest of his life. Harrison organized and commanded a regiment of volunteers during the Civil War. After the war, he resumed his law practice in Indianapolis. He lost his bid for governor, but won election to the United States Senate in , serving until In , Harrison lost the popular vote in his presidential campaign against incumbent Grover Cleveland by a narrow margin but became president by winning in the Electoral College.
President Harrison was able to get legislation he wanted passed by Congress and accomplished a number of things during his single term in office. He was proudest of his foreign policy achievements. He helped negotiate international agreements over the status of Samoa and seal hunting in the Bering Sea.
He strongly exerted rights of the United States in a bitter dispute with Chile and received an official apology. At the same time, he increased the number of jobs under the Civil Service Act and appointed a very active Theodore Roosevelt to the Civil Service Commission. Intense disputes over monetary policy and tariffs dominated his administration. In response to demands by farmers and other groups burdened by high debts, the Harrison administration passed the controversial Sherman Silver Purchase Act of , which allowed the Treasury to buy more silver.
Up for reelection in , Harrison struggled to overcome growing populist discontent, including a number of labor strikes. The revelation that Caroline Harrison was seriously ill led to modest campaign efforts by both men and caused Harrison to limit his appearances in key swing states, contributing to the margin of his defeat. Caroline died of tuberculosis in late October, and two weeks later Harrison lost to Cleveland by an electoral vote of to , the most decisive victory in 20 years. After leaving the White House, Harrison returned to Indianapolis and his law practice.
In , Harrison served as leading counsel for Venezuela in the arbitration of its boundary dispute with Great Britain. After spending almost a decade as a respected elder statesman and acclaimed public speaker, he died in of pneumonia.
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His tenure, from March 4, , to April 4, , is the shortest of any U. Harrison, who was born into a prominent Virginia family, joined the Anna Harrison was an American first lady , the wife of William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, and grandmother of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president. She was the first First Lady to receive a formal education, counting Martha Caroline Harrison was an American first lady and the wife of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States.
While first lady, Caroline Harrison worked on behalf of several Washington charities; served as a fundraiser and supporter of John Hopkins One of the leading figures of early American history, Benjamin Franklin was a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat.
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