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Mary Scott Dimmick Harrison (née Lord; April 30, 1858 – January 5, 1948) was the second wife of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States. She was nearly 25 years younger than Harrison, and was the niece of his first wife.
Learn about Mary Dimmick Harrison, the wife of the 23rd president of the United States, who supported art, education, and preservation. Find out her biography, marriage, daughter, and death.
21. Mai 2014 · Mary Lord Dimmick was Caroline Harrison’s widowed niece. She became close to her “Uncle Ben” during his presidency.
- Feather Schwartz Foster
Mary Scott's first husband, Walter Dimmick, died just three months after their marriage, leaving Mary a widow at age 24. She returned to her mother's home in Washington. When her mother died, her aunt Caroline Scott Harrison invited her to live in the White House and serve as her social secretary.
10. Dez. 2021 · Biography. Mary Dimmick Harrison was born April 30, 1858 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania and was the daughter of Russell Farnham Lord and Elizabeth Mayhew Scott. Mary’s father died when she was nine and the family moved to Springfield, Illinois.
- Female
- April 30, 1858
- Walter Erskine Dimmick, Benjamin Harrison
- January 5, 1948
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison (1858-1948) was the daughter of Russell F. Lord (1802-1867) and Elizabeth Mayhew Scott (1828-1889). She is the granddaughter of John Witherspoon Scott (1800-1892) and Mary Potts Neal (1803-1876).
The story of the Benjamin Harrison Papers is largely that of Mrs. Mary Lord Dimmick Harrison’s search for a biographer of her husband. Inquiry about the papers on behalf of the Library of Congress was first made in 1903.
