1. Resume
    1. 1856: Indianpolis City Attorney
    2. Military - Union Army - American Civil War
    3. 1864 - 1868: Reporter of the Supreme Court of Indiana
    4. 1879: Appointed to the Mississippi River Commission
    5. 1880: Delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention
    6. 1881 - 1887: United States Senator from Indiana
    7. 1889 - 1893: 23rd President of the United States
  2. Chronology
    1. 1833: Born in North Bend, Ohio
    2. 1840: Grand-father William Henry Harrison was elected President
    3. 1847: Enrolled in Farmer's College near Cincinnati, Ohio
    4. 1850: Transferred to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
    5. 1852: Graduated from Miami University
    6. 1854: Moved to Indianapolis, Indiana
    7. 1856: Joined the Republican Party shortly after its formation
    8. 1858: Entered into a law partnership with William Wallace
    9. 1860: Ran as a Republican candidate for reporter of the Indiana Supreme Court
    10. 1862: Promoted to rank of colonel
    11. 1864: Promoted to command the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the XX Corps
    12. 1865: Earned his final promotion, to the rank of brigadier general
    13. 1874: Built a new home in Indianapolis despite the Panic of 1873
    14. 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee - the last major American Indian battle in the 19th century
    15. 1891: Administration began negotiations with the British for a compromise over fishing rights around the Aleutian Islands
  3. Notables
    1. Grandson of President William Henry Harrison
    2. Administration remembered most for economic legislation, and for annual federal spending that reached one billion dollars for the first time
    3. Saw the admittance of six states into the Union
    4. The only U.S. president from Indiana and the only one to be the grandson of another president
    5. Financially successful
    6. Advocated, like the other Republicans, for generous pensions for veterans and their widows with the tariff
    7. Supported unsuccessfully the aid for education of Southerners
    8. Opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which his party supported, as he thought it violated existing treaties with China
    9. Centennial President in celebration of George Washington's inauguration in 1789
    10. Billion-Dollar Congress was criticized for its lavish spending
    11. Saw the passage of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, which increased depletion of the nation's gold supply
    12. Encouraged Indian assimilation into white society - but proved detrimental when Indians lost their land and saw it resold at low prices to white speculators
    13. Had electricity installed in the White House for the first time
    14. Increased tensions when he threatened to break off diplomatic relations with Chile unless the United States received a sutiable apology
    15. Failed to annex Hawaii, even though he tried
    16. More states were admitted under Harrison's presidency than any other since George Washington's
  4. Summary
    1. Saw North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming join the Union
    2. Reputation for integrity was largely intact after leaving office
    3. His support for African American voting rights and education would be the last significant attempts to protect civil rights until the 1930s
    4. The last president to have a beard