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Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. He had previously served as a senator from Indiana. His administration is best known for a series of legislation including the McKinley Tariff and federal spending that reached a billion dollars. Democrats attacked the "Billion Dollar Congress" and defeated the GOP in 1890 and defeated Harrison's bid for reelection in 1892. A grandson of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, Benjamin was born in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio as the second of eight children of John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin.
