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This short is made for Benjamin Harrison's 192th Birthday.


Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father. A Union army veteran and a Republican, he defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland to win the presidency in 1888.


However, Benjamin Harrison only lived to be 67, dying from Pneumonia

Fun facts -
1 - He is the first president to have his voice recorded
2 - He is the grandson of former President William Henry Harrison
3 - John Scott Harrison, the father of Benjamin Harrison, is the only president to be a father and a son who were presidents
4 - Benjamin Harrison was one of 5 presidents to be elected despite losing the popular vote (the others are John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, George W. Bush and Donald Trump)
5 - Harrison's wife, Caroline Scott Harrison, was the 2nd of 3 first ladies of the United States to die in office. Caroline Scott died on October 25, 1892, from tuberculosis. In spite of her decling health, all candidates in the 1892 election, held 2 weeks later (Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, James G. Weaver), ceased campaigning. (The other two were Letitia Tyler, wife to John Tyler, and Ellen Wilson, wife to Woodrow Wilson).
6 - Harrison later remarried to Mary Scott Harrison, who was related to Caroline Scott?? (i don't know how) in 1896, and they were married until Harrison died.
7 - From 1892-1893, after Caroline Scott died, Harrison's daughter Mary Scott Harrison became acting First Lady, to serve out the remainder of his term.
8 - Harrison died on March 13, 1901, at the age of 67 from pneumonia, which was earlier influenza. He died the same way as his grandfather, just not the same age.