- admitted 6 states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming) to the Union
- the Sherman Antitrust Act, which empowered the federal government to investigate and prosecute trusts.
- presided over the enactment of the Dependent and Disability Pension Act, a cause he had championed while in Congress
- the so-called Force Bill attempted to establish federal supervision of congressional elections as a means of preventing the disfranchisement of southern blacks
- forwarded the Blair Education Bill, which advocated the use of federal aid for education in order to hamper southern whites from employing literacy tests to prevent blacks from registering to vote in party primaries
- the Land Revision Act of 1891, which created the national forests
- authorized America's first forest reserve located in Yellowstone, Wyoming
- convened the first modern Pan-American Conference
- negotiated the establishment of a protectorate over the Samoan Islands with Germany and Great Britain
- stood firm against Britain and Canada to protect the overharvesting of seals in the Bering Sea
- The Dependent Pension Bill, providing benefits to Union veterans as well as to their children and widows
- expanded and modernized the navy
- opened our second, third, and fourth national parks, set aside the first military park, the first urban park, and the first prehistoric Indian Ruin to come under federal protection, Casa Grande, Arizona
- The Yosemite Reserves Act passed by Congress October 1, 1890, and signed into law by Harrison, created Yosemite National Park
- signed The McKinley tariff set the average ad valorem tariff rate for imports to the United States at 48.4% which protected U.S. agriculture and would tax incoming goods at a higher rate and hopefully encourage people to buy American made products. U.S. businesses, feeling the sting of recessions, tried to compensate for lost revenue by raising the prices of goods.
- made an additional 1.8 million acres of the Crow Indian reservation in Montana
- enforce the 15th Amendment to secure voting rights
- designated Ellis Island as America's first federal immigration portal
- was pro-immigration
- established the Board of Geographical Name
Benjamin Harrison is an extremely obscure president. On President's Day in 2012, New York Magazine declared Harrison "America's most forgotten president." In fact, if you Google "most obscure president," one of the first results is literally the Wikipedia page about Harrison's presidency. Most people haven't even heard of him, including some people on this sub-Reddit, which is literally dedicated to the presidents of the United States. Harrison's obscurity is almost sad. And cruelly, when he is brought up, he is derided as a mediocre and unimpressive leader. But both of these facts display a lack of knowledge about Harrison within the general population and even many people who are otherwise well-versed in history. Benjamin Harrison desperately needs to be better remembered and should be viewed as a good president.
Harrison's life is filled with fascinating little details that prove the fact he warrants additional attention. For example, everyone knows about William Henry Harrison, the Whig who commanded forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe and who died after just 1 month as president. As you may be able to tell from his surname, Harrison was the grandson of ole' Tippecanoe. Harrison was also the first president to have electricity in the White House, as well as the first president to decorate the Executive Mansion for Christmas. He was also the first president to have his voice recorded. Lastly, everyone knows that Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms; Harrison was the president who served in the period between these two terms!
On the topic of Grover Cleveland, Cleveland, whether you like him or not, was not a perfect president and hurt the country in certain ways. One of the most notable examples of this is actually what cost Cleveland reelection in 1888: Cleveland didn't support high tariffs, as he viewed them as an unnecessary burden on the consumer and a stupid infringement on economic freedom. So, during his first term from 1885 to 1889, he drastically lowered tariffs. As a result, hundreds of thousands of American workers lost their jobs to workers overseas. Hence, most workers voted for Harrison in 1888, helping him win the election. When Harrison became president on March 4, 1889, he raised tariffs, preventing the issue from worsening. And that's just one of many reasons to defend Harrison's perform
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Party: Republican
Home State: Indiana
Term: 1889-1893
Benjamin Harrison started the practice of law and politics at an early age. The grandson of ninth president William Henry Harrison (who is not ranked in this series), he served as Senator of Indiana for several years and was known as a proponent of several policies that would transform the United States permanently. Despite his legacy as a poor president, he was a transformative one, and set the stage for several things to come. I believe that the reason Harrison is forgotten is because of his boring, brash personality. Even politicians who agreed with him politically had troubles, such as Secretary of State James Blaine, who resigned in 1892 due to being immensely displeased by Harrison. Despite him being ''the human iceberg'', he certainly was a political footnote.
DOMESTIC POLICY
Economics
The economic policy of Benjamin Harrison was one of big spending, high tariffs and trust-busting. It was directed by William Windom and Charles Foster, two of Harrison's Treasury Secretaries. His policies also got the support of another popular Republican, John Sherman, who almost got the Republican nomination for president in 1880 and previously served in the Hayes Administration. Big government spending was a characteristic of this period of time, which is why the 51st Congress is also known as the ''Billion-Dollar Congress''.
The first ever anti-trust legislation was presented to Congress, in hopes of breaking up monopolies. Titled the Sherman Antitrust Act, due to John Sherman sponsoring and writing most of the law, it passed with much support from the 51st Congress. Despite Harrison being immensely passionate about the law, critics argued that he didn't efficiently enforce the law. No matter the case, it set the precedent for future antitrust legislation to come.
Harrison also promoted tariffs, as did politicians like future president William McKinley, Senator Nelson Aldrich, Representative Nelson Dingley Jr. and State Secretary James Blaine. In 1890, the McKinley Tariff was drafted by then Representative McKinley, which would have raised the average tariff rate on items like wool and tin plates. Against his expectations, however, the tariff was heavily disliked by both foreign powers (like Great Britain) and the American public, mostly the lower class. Many argued it was a heavy hit at farmers, who already experienced higher prices.
By far, however, Harrison's biggest economic legislative acc
... keep reading on reddit ➡Major Foriegn Policy Events Under President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
Establishment Of The Pan American Union
Samoan crisis
Baltimore Crisis
Also,Vote solely on thier foriegn policy during thier presidency, not anything else that happend then.
Also,If I missed any major foriegn policy events, please tell me in the comments and I will add them.
Previous Presidents Foriegn Policy Approval Ratings
Geroge Washington-98.6%
John Adams-78.8%
Thomas Jefferson-89.9%
James Madison-76.9%
James Monroe-98.4%
John Quincy Adams-81.9%
Andrew Jackson- 60.4%
Martin Van Buren-37.1%
John Tyler-59.0%
James Polk-83.9%
Zachary Taylor 90.6%
Millard Fillmore 57.2%
Franklin Pierce 40.2%
James Buchanan 9.9%
Abraham Lincoln 94.0%
Andrew Johnson 75.5%
Ulysses S Grant 90.8%
Rutherford Hays 83.4%
Chester Arthur 65.8%
Grover Cleveland 57.8%
Benjamin Harrison busted up a A ring of Grave robbers When he was 23. And a graduate of the college of Cincinnati.
That was actually how he got his start in politics politics pushing for legislation that would allow vow Americans to donate their bodies to science to keep them from dealing with Is grave robbing.
It's kind of weird when you read into the history of certain universities efcertain universities he found some interesting things. So just out of curiosity what's some weird historical Events that happened at Your University? If you don't know of any maybe you should take a look At the University archives in the library you might find something interesting?
- admitted 6 states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming) to the Union
- the Sherman Antitrust Act, which empowered the federal government to investigate and prosecute trusts.
- presided over the enactment of the Dependent and Disability Pension Act, a cause he had championed while in Congress
- the Force Bill attempted to establish federal supervision of congressional elections as a means of preventing the disfranchisement of southern blacks
- forwarded the Blair Education Bill, which advocated the use of federal aid for education in order to hamper southern whites from employing literacy tests to prevent blacks from registering to vote in party primaries
- Land Revision Act of 1891, which created the national forests
- authorized America's first forest reserve located in Yellowstone
- convened the first modern Pan-American Conference
- negotiated the establishment of a protectorate over the Samoan Islands with Germany and Britain
- stood firm against Britain and Canada to protect the overharvesting of seals in the Bering Sea
- The Dependent Pension Bill, providing benefits to Union veterans as well as to their children and widows
- expanded and modernized the navy
- opened our second, third, and fourth national parks, set aside the first military park, the first urban park, and the first prehistoric Indian Ruin to come under federal protection, Casa Grande, Arizona
- The Yosemite Reserves Act passed by Congress October 1, 1890, and signed into law by Harrison, created Yosemite National Park
- signed The McKinley tariff set the average ad valorem tariff rate for imports to the United States at 48.4% which protected U.S. agriculture and would tax incoming goods at a higher rate and hopefully encourage people to buy American made products. U.S. businesses, feeling the sting of recessions, tried to compensate for lost revenue by raising the prices of goods.
