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Benjamin Harrison

1833 - 1901

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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. Harrison was born on a farm by the Ohio River and graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Harrison is the 1,029th most popular politician (down from 731st in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from United States (down from 212th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Politician.

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States. He was also the grandson of the 9th president, William Henry Harrison.

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Among politicians, Benjamin Harrison ranks 1,029 out of 19,576. Before him are Maria Anna of Spain, Chlothar I, George II of Greece, Salome Zourabichvili, Cleopatra Selene II, and Oleg of Novgorod. After him are Edith Roosevelt, Hezekiah, Faisal II of Iraq, Peleus, Brennus, and Marwan I.

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Among people born in 1833, Benjamin Harrison ranks 7. Before him are Alfred Nobel, Johannes Brahms, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Élie Ducommun, Alexander Borodin, and Wilhelm Dilthey. After him are Ferdinand von Richthofen, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Alfred von Schlieffen, J. E. B. Stuart, Jonas Lie, and Félicien Rops. Among people deceased in 1901, Benjamin Harrison ranks 8. Before him are Giuseppe Verdi, Queen Victoria, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Victoria, Princess Royal, Johanna Spyri, and Leon Czolgosz. After him are Arnold Böcklin, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, George Francis FitzGerald, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Li Hongzhang, and Charles Hermite.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Harrison ranks 330 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Mann (1943), John Williams (1932), Arthur Miller (1915), Ronnie James Dio (1942), Tyrone Power (1914), and Robert Duvall (1931). After him are Edith Roosevelt (1861), P. T. Barnum (1810), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Christopher Lloyd (1938), Andrew Johnson (1808), and George S. Patton (1885).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Benjamin Harrison ranks 51. Before him are James Buchanan (1791), Jerome Powell (1953), Jerry Brown (1938), Calvin Coolidge (1872), William Jennings Bryan (1860), and Steve Bannon (1953). After him are Edith Roosevelt (1861), Andrew Johnson (1808), Henry Clay (1777), Zachary Taylor (1784), Allen Dulles (1893), and James A. Garfield (1831).

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