Benjamin was born in North Bend, Ohio on August 20, 1833.
Benjamin Harrison was one of seven Presidents born in Ohio.
Harrison was a Presbyterian.
He served in the Civil War.
Benjamin Harrison lost the popular vote, but won the electoral vote. Incumbent president Grover Cleveland won the popular vote. (One of three Presidents.)
President Harrison was called "the Centennial President" because he was inaugurated 100 years after George Washington.
Benjamin Harrison gave a 140 speeches in 30 days.
Harrison and his family often went to bed and left all the new electric lights burning because they were afraid to touch the switches. He used to have White House staff turn them on and off.
He was the first president to attend a baseball game.
Benjamin Harrison was a Republican.
Benjamin Harrison's Vice President was Levi P. Morton (1889-1893).
Electric lights were installed in the White House during his term.
President Harrison was the only grandson of a President (William Henry Harrison) to be elected President.
Benjamin Harrison had a beard and mustache.
Harrison was the second President whose wife died while he was in office.
Benjamin Harrison served only one term.
Harrison died in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 13, 1901. He was 67 years and 205 days old. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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The Presidents of the United States. 22 September 2004 <http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/>
Davis, Gibbs and Ilus. David A. Johnson. Wackiest White House Pets. New York: Scholastic Press, October 2004
James, Barber and Amy Pastan. Smithsonian Presidents and First Ladies. New York: DK Publishing, 2002
Kane, Joseph Natan. Facts about the Presidents from Washington to Johnson. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1964.
