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'''Benjamin Harrison''' (August 20, 1833{{snd}}March 13, 1901) was
Harrison was born on a farm by the [[Ohio River]] and graduated from [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]]. After moving to [[Indianapolis]], he established himself as a prominent local attorney, Presbyterian church leader, and politician in [[Indiana]]. During the [[American Civil War]], he served in the [[Union Army]] as a [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]], and was confirmed by the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] as a [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] of volunteers in 1865. Harrison unsuccessfully ran for [[governor of Indiana]] in 1876. The [[Indiana General Assembly]] elected Harrison to a six-year term in the Senate, where he served from 1881 to 1887.
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Harrison's early schooling took place in a log cabin near his home,{{sfn|Calhoun|2005|p=10}} but his parents later arranged for a tutor to help him with college preparatory studies.{{sfn|Sievers|1968|loc=v. 1|pp=24–29}} Fourteen-year-old Benjamin and his older brother, Irwin, enrolled in [[Farmer's College]] near [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, in 1847.{{sfn|Sievers|1968|loc=v. 1|pp=29–30}} He attended the college for two years{{sfn|Wallace|1888|p=53}}{{efn|name=Farmer's College}} and while there met his future wife, [[Caroline Harrison|Caroline "Carrie" Lavinia Scott]]. She was a daughter of [[John Witherspoon Scott]], who was the school's science professor and also a Presbyterian minister.{{sfn|Calhoun|2005|pp=11, 15}}
Harrison transferred to [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]], in 1850, and graduated in 1852.{{sfn|Moore|Hale|2006|pp=21–23}}{{sfn|Sievers|1968|loc=v. 1, p. 58}} He joined the [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity, which he used as a network for much of his life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Harrison |url=https://phideltatheta.org/news-stories/famous-phis/benjamin-harrison/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Phi Delta Theta |language=en-US}}</ref> He was also a member of [[Delta Chi]], a law fraternity that permitted dual membership.<ref name="fraternities" /> Classmates included [[John Alexander Anderson]],{{sfn|Calhoun|2005|p=23}} who became a six-term U.S. congressman, and [[Whitelaw Reid]], Harrison's vice presidential running mate in 1892. At Miami, Harrison was strongly influenced by history and political economy professor [[Robert Hamilton Bishop]].{{sfnm|Calhoun|2005|1pp=10–11|Sievers|1968|2loc=v. 1, pp. 31–34}} He also joined a [[Presbyterian]] church at college and, like his mother, became a lifelong Presbyterian.{{sfn|Wallace|1888|p=58}}
==Marriage and early career==
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