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Benjamin Carter Harrison VI (1755–1799) was an American merchant, planter, politician, and revolutionary. He was the son of Founding Father Benjamin Harrison V, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Harrison was a close friend of financier Robert Morris, a relationship that he would keep until his death.
Benjamin Harrison war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1889 bis 1893 der 23. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Er wurde in die einflussreiche Harrison-Familie geboren; sein Großvater war Präsident William Henry Harrison. Während des Sezessionskriegs diente Harrison als Brigadegeneral in der Unionsarmee.
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – 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 Father.
In 1799, after years of hard work and success, Benjamin Harrison VI died at the age of 44. By the time Benjamin Harrison VII inherited Berkeley, the plantation was drifting towards financial ruins. After over 150 years of Harrison ownership, Benjamin Harrison VIII was the last Harrison to own Berkeley Plantation.
The youngest boy aspired to be a doctor, the middle boy became a lawyer, and the eldest, Benjamin Harrison VI, heir to the home plantation, was an unstable young man who failed in a mercantile business he started at Richmond and returned to live at Berkeley. There, free at last to indulge his true gift for fine living, he revived high style in ...
29. Okt. 2009 · Benjamin Harrison was the last Civil War general to serve as president of the United States. He stood five feet six inches tall, and was called "Little Ben" by his Democratic opponents.
Präsident der USA, Benjamin Harrison, wurde am 20. August 1833 im Ohio-Städtchen North Bend geboren. Sein Vater, der angesehene, aber nur wenig wohlhabende Farmer und Lokalpolitiker John Scott Harrison (1804–1878), entstammte einer der „Ersten Familien Virginias“.
