Benjamin Harrison
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Times, 2005.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780805069525, 0805069526
Physical Desc
xvi, 206 pages : portrait ; 22 cm.
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Biography - Books
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Published
New York, NY : Times, 2005.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780805069525, 0805069526
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) and index.
Description
Politics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence and his grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was the ninth president of the United States. Harrison, a leading Indiana lawyer, became a Republican Party champion, even taking a leave from the Civil War to campaign for Lincoln. After a scandal-free term in the Senate -- no small feat in the Gilded Age -- the Republicans chose Harrison as their presidential candidate in 1888. Despite losing the popular vote, he trounced the incumbent, Grover Cleveland, in the electoral college. In contrast to standard histories, which dismiss Harrison's presidency as corrupt and inactive, Charles W. Calhoun sweeps away the stereotypes of the age to reveal the accomplishments of our twenty-third president. With Congress under Republican control, he exemplified the activist president, working feverishly to put the Party's planks into law and approving the first billion-dollar peacetime budget. But the Democrats won Congress in 1890, stalling his legislative agenda, and with the First Lady ill, his race for reelection proceeded quietly (she died just before the election). In the end, Harrison could not beat Cleveland in their unprecedented rematch.
Target Audience
Ages 14-18.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Calhoun, C. W. 1. (2005). Benjamin Harrison (First edition.). Times.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Calhoun, Charles W. 1948-. 2005. Benjamin Harrison. Times.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Calhoun, Charles W. 1948-. Benjamin Harrison Times, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Calhoun, Charles W. 1948-. Benjamin Harrison First edition., Times, 2005.
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