Benjamin Harrison 1833- 1901
Republican
First Lady Caroline Lavinia Scott Mary Scott Lord Dimmick
Vice President Levi P. Morton
Harrison passed four very important bills:
The Dependent Pension Act - This provided benefits to disabled veterans.
The McKinley Tariff Act- This act raised tariffs, prices and living costs.
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act - This allowed more silver to be minted into money.
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act - Regulated monopolies and helped small business owners.
These bills would help shape the future prosperity Americans were about to enjoy.
Benjamin Harrison Quotes:
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.
Benjamin Harrison
No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.
Benjamin Harrison
The bud of victory is always in the truth.
Benjamin Harrison
There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whether measured by the currency in which they are paid or by their power to supply the necessaries and comforts of life.
Benjamin Harrison
This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia.
Benjamin Harrison
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