Book Description
With dazzling attention to this president's life, the social tapestry of his times, and the political dynasty he was born to which ushered in big government, Calhoun compellingly reconsiders Harrison's legacy.
Author : Charles William Calhoun
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 34,18 MB
Release : 2005-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780805069525
With dazzling attention to this president's life, the social tapestry of his times, and the political dynasty he was born to which ushered in big government, Calhoun compellingly reconsiders Harrison's legacy.
Author : Anne Chieko Moore
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 37,55 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781600210662
Benjamin Harrison was an honest, intelligent, hardworking lawyer from Indiana who became the twenty-third President of the United States. During his term in office, he signed important legislation and provided leadership in negotiating foreign policy, striving to advance the United States toward becoming a world power. The book presents an up-to-date and cogent biography of this president who is now considered one of the better presidents of the late nineteenth century.
Author : Sandra Francis
Publisher : Childs World Incorporated
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 12,82 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781602530522
Presents the life, career, and accomplishments of the twenty-third president of the United States.
Author : Megan M. Gunderson
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 31,64 MB
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1098212177
This biography introduces readers to Benjamin Harrison including his early political career and key events from Harrison's administration including the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : Ray E. Boomhower
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0871954281
Mr. President: A Life of Benjamin Harrison, the thirteenth volume in the Indiana Historical Society Press’s youth biography series, examines Harrison’s rise to political prominence after his service as a Union army general during the Civil War. Although he served only one term, defeated for re-election by Cleveland in 1892, Harrison had some impressive achievements during his four years in the White House. His administration worked to have Congress pass the Sherman Antitrust Act to limit business monopolies, fought to protect voting rights for African American citizens in the South, preserved millions of acres for forest reserves and national parks, modernized the American navy, and negotiated several successful trade agreements with other countries in the Western Hemisphere. After losing the White House, Harrison returned to Indianapolis, once again becoming one of the city’s leading citizens. He died from pneumonia on March 13, 1901, in his home on North Delaware Street, today open to the public as the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site.
Author : Gail Collins
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0805091181
William Henry Harrison died just 31 days after taking the oath of office in 1841. Today he is a curiosity in American history, but as Collins shows in this entertaining and revelatory biography, he and his career are worth a closer look.
Author : Charles W. Calhoun
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813161797
Union general, federal judge, presidential contender, and cabinet officer—Walter Q. Gresham of Indiana stands as an enigmatic character in the politics of the Gilded Age, one who never seemed comfortable in the offices he sought. This first scholarly biography not only follows the turns of his career but seeks also to find the roots of his disaffection. Entering politics as a Whig, Gresham shortly turned to help organize the new Republican Party and was a contender for its presidential nomination in the 1880s. But he became popular with labor and with the Populists and closed his political career by serving as secretary of state under Grover Cleveland. In reviewing Gresham's conduct of foreign affairs, Charles W. Calhoun disputes the widely held view that he was an economic expansionist who paved the way for imperialism. Gresham, instead, is seen here as a traditionalist who tried to steer the country away from entanglements abroad. It is this traditionalism that Calhoun finds to be the clue to Gresham's career. Troubled with self-doubt, Gresham, like the Cato of old, sought strength in a return to the republican virtues of the Revolutionary generation. Based on a thorough use of the available resources, this will stand as the definitive biography of an important figure in American political and diplomatic history, and in its portrayal of a man out of step with his times it sheds a different light on the politics of the Gilded Age.
Author : Gilbert L. Harney
Publisher :
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 29,27 MB
Release : 1888
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Richard L. McElroy
Publisher : McElroy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,61 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Generals
ISBN : 9780692003893
This book is a remarkable story of two heroes whose careers led them to the White House. Zachary Taylor and Benjamin Harrison were cousins who shared much in common. From their childhood in the Ohio Valley, through schooling and military exploits, both shared similar political views. Taylor and Harrison also experienced triumph and tragedy. The author examines the lives of each man and takes a look at their families and administrations. Though neither man may be considered a great chief executive, both made valuable contributions that have been ignored or forgotten. Additionally, American society, culture, demographics, events, and lifestyles during their presidency are examined.
Author : Benjamin Harrison
Publisher :
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 1922
Category : United States
ISBN :