Ruler · 1833 – 1901

Benjamin Harrison

Lived 1833 – 1901; statesperson, politician, writer, military officer. President of the United States (United States), 1889 – 1893.

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Lived: 1833 – 1901; 68 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; United States
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the United States

United States · the 24th of 48 dated reigns · 1789 – 2025

20 before

James A. Garfield1881

Chester A. Arthur1881 – 1885

Grover Cleveland1885 – 1889

Benjamin Harrison1889 – 1893

Grover Cleveland1893 – 1897

William McKinley1897 – 1901

Theodore Roosevelt1901 – 1909

21 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1889 – 1893 · 4 years · came to it aged 56

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1893; they died in 1901

In 1888, the year he won the presidency, Harrison declared: "We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.

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