Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison
Author: Charles William Calhoun
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2005-06-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780805069525

With dazzling attention to this president's life, the social tapestry of his times, and the political dynasty he was born to which ushered in big government, Calhoun compellingly reconsiders Harrison's legacy.

Mr. President

Mr. President
Author: Ray E. Boomhower
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2019-01-01
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 0871954281

Mr. President: A Life of Benjamin Harrison, the thirteenth volume in the Indiana Historical Society Press’s youth biography series, examines Harrison’s rise to political prominence after his service as a Union army general during the Civil War. Although he served only one term, defeated for re-election by Cleveland in 1892, Harrison had some impressive achievements during his four years in the White House. His administration worked to have Congress pass the Sherman Antitrust Act to limit business monopolies, fought to protect voting rights for African American citizens in the South, preserved millions of acres for forest reserves and national parks, modernized the American navy, and negotiated several successful trade agreements with other countries in the Western Hemisphere. After losing the White House, Harrison returned to Indianapolis, once again becoming one of the city’s leading citizens. He died from pneumonia on March 13, 1901, in his home on North Delaware Street, today open to the public as the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site.

Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison
Author: Sandra Francis
Publisher: Childs World Incorporated
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781602530522

Presents the life, career, and accomplishments of the twenty-third president of the United States.

William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison
Author: Gail Collins
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2012-01-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0805091181

William Henry Harrison died just 31 days after taking the oath of office in 1841. Today he is a curiosity in American history, but as Collins shows in this entertaining and revelatory biography, he and his career are worth a closer look.