President Benjamin Harrison: States Man

Benjamin Harrison is one of those post-Civil War presidents with a beard.

A Little More About Ben

For the knowledgeable, Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) is generally remembered as the grandson of another President – General William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), who is mostly famous for dying a month after taking his Oath of Office.

And for the lovers of esoteric, Republican Benjamin Harrison is known as the 23rd POTUS sandwich between the non-consecutive terms of Democrat Grover Cleveland, (22 and 24) who forever confuses the numeric order of Presidencies.

And yes, he did have a beard.

Past that, poor Ben seems to fade into the woodwork. After all, during the last third of the 19th century (or thereabouts), very little “sexy” historical issues and concepts occurred. The country was at peace, and after the Civil War, that…