Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was in the Union Army while the American Civil War was going on but he went on to become the 23rd US president, and a great one at that, having done extremely well at international relations as well as having had a great working relationship with the US Congress during his term of office (1889-1893). When he was president, he earned the nickname “Little Ben” since his great grandfather and namesake is founding father Benjamin Harrison. In addition, he was the only president whose grandfather was also a US president as he was the grandson of William Henry Harrison AKA “Old Tippecanoe.” Benjamin Harrison was memorable for advocating and enforcing the voting rights of African Americans and he was responsible for accepting into the Union the western states Montana, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison’s Fear Of Electrocution
It must be hard to imagine what it was like when electricity was first discovered. For President Benjamin Harrison, it was deathly frightening. He was so anxious about being electrocuted from his light switches that he actually went to bed on many occasions with the lights on!
Harrisons Fear Of Electrocution
