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'''Benjamin Harrison''' (August 20, 1833{{snd}}March 13, 1901) was an American politician who served as the 23rd [[president of the United States]] 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 Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]]. A Republican, he defeated incumbent [[Grover Cleveland]] to win the presidency.
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 [[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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