Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison was an American politician and military officer who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. A grandson of President William Henry Harrison, he practiced law in Indianapolis and served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As president, he signed significant economic legislation, including the McKinley Tariff and the Sherman Antitrust Act, and oversaw the admission of six western states to the Union. After failing to win reelection in 1892, he returned to private life and legal practice, later representing Venezuela in an international boundary dispute before his death in 1901.