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Benjamin Harrison
(1833–1901) was a politician who became the
23rd president of the United States
. The grandson of former president
William Henry Harrison
, Benjamin Harrison was a lawyer and soldier before becoming a
U.S. senator
from Indiana. After
defeating
the incumbent
Grover Cleveland
, in 1889 Harrison became president; during his four-year term he enacted such policies as the
McKinley Tariff
and the
Sherman Antitrust Act
.
Photo:
Pach Brothers
, restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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