The president I had was Benjamin Harrison. He was born on August 20, 1833 in North Bend, Ohio. He also died on March 13, 1901 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Benjamin died of influenza and then buried at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Benjamin grew up on a farm near the Ohio river. He joined the fledging Republican party in the state politics of Indiana, which was built on the opposition to slavery and expanding to the western territories. He was also elected into the United States Senate in 1880.
Benjamin was married to two women; Caroline Harrison from 1853 to 1892 and Mary Dimmick Harrison from 1896 to 1901. Benjamin also had three children; Benjamin Harrison, Mary Harrison McKee, and Elizabeth Harrison Walker. For college Benjamin went to the Ohio Military Institute from 1847 to 1849 and he also went to Miami University from 1850 to 1852. Benjamin graduated with high honors with a degree in law. He entered law practice after graduating and became active in the Republican party. Benjamin also became part of the military in 1862 to fight in the Civil War and was promoted to Brigadier General.
Benjamin Harrison was sworn into office on March 4, 1889. His term was from March 4, 1889 to
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His grandfather was William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States. His great grandfather, Benjamin Harrison V, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His family was also among the first families of Virginia. The Sherman Sliver Purchase Act and electricity installed in the white house were other major events under the presidency of Benjamin. Also, under the presidency of Benjamin, Montana, Washington, South and North Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho all entered the United States. Benjamin had three nicknames throughout his life and they were The Front Porch Campaigner, The Human Iceberg and Little Ben. He built up his own law
James Monroe was born on April 28,1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, at this time Virginia was a British colony. He was the oldest son of five children, one sister and three brothers. They were the children of Elizabeth Jones Monroe and Spence Monroe. Spence Monroe was a farmer and a carpenter. When James was eleven he started to attend Campbelltown Academy. In 1774 when James Monroe was sixteen Spence Monroe died and James was left to manage the family property. James Monroe attended the college of William and Mary in Williamsburg the July after his father died.
He was the 11th president and the youngest in the U.S.A at that time .James won seven straight terms in the House and became Speaker of the House. Polk was the first president to voluntarily
Harrison, even though he had the majority of the popular vote. In 1892, he was
On December 5th, 1782, the eighth president was born in Kinderhook, New York. His birth parents were Maria Van Buren and Abraham Van Buren. Even though he ran a tavern, which held many political meetings and first exposed Martin Van Buren to politics his father was a farmer. Van Buren would be present at many local schools, and the Kinderhook Academy until he was the age of 14. Van Buren’s father had secured Martin an apprenticeship with a lawyer because he was unable to send Martin to college because he could not afford it. In later years Van Buren had studied law and in 1803 he was admitted to the bar. Van Buren had married his long distant cousin Hannah Hoes, they later had 4 children together.
Grover Cleveland was the United States’ first president to serve two separate presidential terms. During these two terms, Cleveland helped bring back a balance between the executive and legislative branches of government, and used his executive power veto many laws that he felt would not better America in the long run.
On April 23, 1791, a great man was born; fifteenth president of the United States, James Buchanan.He was born near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. His father, James Buchanan, and his mother Elizabeth Speer Buchanan, raised their son a Presbyterian. He grew up in a well to do home, being the eldest of eleven other siblings. His parents cared for them all in their mansion in Pennsylvania. They sent him to Dickinson College.
Ben Franklin was the youngest of 17 sons but there was a daughter after that and all of his brothers had the same dad but there was a couple of mothers. Franklin went to school and then worked with his dad as a Tallow- Chandler but he did not like it at all. Ben always loved the sea but his da...
After moving to London, in 1726, “Benjamin Franklin returned to Philadelphia to find that Deborah had married in the interim, but then was abandoned by her husband just a few months after the wedding.” "On September 1, 1730 Benjamin Franklin married Deborah Read. They entered a common law agreement which protected them from bigamy if her runaway husband returned." They got a paper that was signed that they are legally married and live under the same house. Benjamin Franklin and his wife Deborah had two children one daughter and one son. The two children's names were Sarah Bache Franklin and Francis Folger Franklin. The son died at the age of four. Benjamin Franklin and his wife Deborah felt like it was their faults that he got smallpox because of where they
Nextly, during his time in the military, Harrison was married to Anna Tuthill Symmes, the daughter of a prosperous Ohio judge. However, because Anna’s father was opposed to their marriage, they were married in secret. With Anna, Harrison had a total of ten children.
The notion that Thomas Jefferson had a revelation in 1819 and suddenly subscribed to the idea of “dissemination” is utterly false. Regardless, this belief is as widespread as it is erroneous. The few laymen who are aware that there was a revolution in Haiti and have made the connection between the insurrection and the Louisiana Purchase fail to realize the underlying motives of Thomas Jefferson. Historians too have been blind to the nuanced indicators that prove Jefferson’s true motives behind his Haitian, Louisiana Territory, and slave trade policies. They uniformly insist that his support for diffusion began nearly thirty years after it actually did. Thomas Jefferson’s conviction that slavery could only be ended with the employment of dissemination can be traced back to the 1790’s by a careful reexamination of his policies as president. The compilation of Jefferson’s exerted influence in Haiti, his purchase of the Louisiana territory, and his discrete avocation for the extension of slavery clearly indicate that he was attempting to end slavery by diffusion as early as 1801.
Following his father’s legacy, John Quincy Adams became a gifted politician for the United States’ government. John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Maryland. He was the sixth president of the United States and only served one four-year term. After his presidency he served as a senator which is when he was most influential. Adams is well known for being an advocate for the abolition of slavery during his term as a senator.
In The Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin recounts the many paramount experiences throughout his life that shaped him into great American figure he was known to be. On the opening page, Franklin reveals the book’s epistolary format by writing, “Dear Son,” going on to admit that he’s made some mistakes in the past and to recollect that past is a way to relive it. By divulging his desire to “change some sinister Accidents & Events” (Franklin 3) the author indicates how important it is for his son to observe as he amends his mistakes. Pride, virtue and vanity play a pivotal role in Benjamin Franklin’s life and the way he portrays himself to others. Instances occur where the author is shown gloating about his great accomplishments and he puts emphasis on his need to live a virtuous and morally perfect life. Throughout his story, Benjamin Franklin tells his son of his many virtuous acts and momentous achievements, motivating the question as to whether he seeks his own approval more so than the approval of his peers.
He accomplished many things, but he started at the bottom of the career chain. Benjamin had many different jobs before he settled. His first job was helping his father make candles. But at age twelve he became restless and ran away to Philadelphia to work. At first, he worked for his brother-in-law as a printer's apprentice, but family problems caused him to find work elsewhere. Because of the training he received, he started to work for the Pennsylvania Gazette and purchased the company in 1729. In 1748, he sold the paper and went to work for the government. During his life he was a printer, author, inventor, and diplomat.
“The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” –Benjamin Franklin. A man worthy of honorable mention, Benjamin Franklin was one of the smarter individuals who lived in the United States of America. From playing a role in drafting the Declaration of Independence to helping draft the United States Constitution, Ben has many accomplishments under his belt. Beings how smart he is, he has many achievements, including some facts that many people do not know about.
Harrison made his first pendulum clock in 1713 at the age of 20 which was made entirely of wood. Later he built two more in 1715 and 1717. He completed making a clock tower in 1722 which has been running unstopped for 270 years at Brocklesby Park, as it is made of wood, needed no lubrication and was free from rusting. He later used combination of brass and steel in pendulum to give them steady pace therefore negating effect of temperature. Harrisons clocks erred 1 sec in one month which he checked using the transit of star. In 1727 he realized he could solve the problem of longitude and make himself rich and famous. But no pendulum could survive the rocking oceans.