BENJAMIN+HARRISON

=Benjamin Harrison By Taras S=



Benjamin Harrison
 Benjamin Harrison was a great president. He did many things to help the, U.S although he did struggle. His biographical information, education, significant contributions in office, interesting facts about the president, compare/contrast the president to me. Benjamin Harrison had a lot happen in his life.

Something to know about Benjamin Harrison is he was born August 20 1833-March 13 1909 he died. He lived 1220 north Delaware street Indianapolis Indiana 46222. His family was his wife Caroline Scott and he had two children. His favorite hobby was hunting

Something else you should know about Benjamin Harrison’s education. His father built a school house about one room big and hired his own teacher to teach his kids. When he was fourteen he went to a college prep school. After that he entered Miami University in Ohio he studied extremely hard until graduation year 1854 when he was about eighteen. After graduation he was eighteen and practiced law Also something else that is interesting about Benjamin Harrison is his contributions in office from 1889 to 1893 is he was in the civil war and he went from the lowest rank to Brigadier General He opposed pension bills .He wanted to increase the navy. He also supported increase in tariffs. He added 6 new states to make forty-four states in the United States.

There is also some fun facts to know about Benjamin Harrison he had a nickname of "Little Ben" and "Centennial President". he is so smart that he can give 140 speeches in 30 days and when the first electricity came to the white house Harrison's family was afraid to flip the switches. One of the myths going around about Harrison is everyone is saying he made the Yellow Stone National Park in 1872. The actual year was 1883 when Grant was president. these are some pretty cool facts and myths. but he has a famous quote "We Americans have no commission from God to police the world" (Benjamin Harrison).

Now at last i will compare the president to me. He was really nothing like me he liked the stuff I don't like also he opposed pension bills and a lot of other reasons. He is not my style. He has different characteristics he was also in a higher position. He also was much older than me and he had many more accomplishments. He is like me because he liked to hunt it would be pretty cool to hunt.

Benjamin Harrison was a overall normal person he was a pretty good president. He had many strengths and weaknesses. But he still was a good president with many accomplishments. He had had a great education. Good contributions in office some negatives but overall decent. He had very interesting facts. Benjamin Harrison was a great American President.