Benjamin+HARRISON+(1889-1893)

//Secretary of State: James G. Blaine (1889-92) // // John W. Foster (1892-93) // //Secretary of Treasury: William Windom (1889-1891) // // Charles Foster (1891-1892) // //Secretary of War: Redfield Proctor (1889-91) // // Stephen B. Elkins (1891-93) // //Attorney General:// William H. H. Miller (1889-93) //Postmaster General: John Wanamaker (1889-93)// //Secretary of Navy: Benjamin F. Tracy (1889-93)// //Secretary of the Interior: John W. Noble (1889-93)// //Secretary of Agriculture: Jeremiah W. Noble// ||  || //Obtained Samoa// //Tried to annex Hawaii// //Used Navy to pressure Chile// //Negotiated with Canada about seal hunting in Bering Sea// //Laid out future American trade// ||  || Civil Rights for Blacks ||  ||
 * **Dates In office: 1889-1893 ** ||  ||
 * **Political Party: Republican Party ** ||  ||
 * //Notes on Election(s): Beat Grover Cleveland, then lost his second term to Grover Cleveland. // ||  ||
 * //Vice President(s): Levi Morton // ||  ||
 * //Key Cabinet Officials: //
 * //Key Domestic Issues: Signed Sherman Anti-trust Bill, didn't do much to hurt the trusts. // ||  ||
 * //Key Foreign Policy/Diplomatic/Military Issues: First Pan-American conference //
 * Key Constitutional/Legal Issues: Anti-Trust act
 * Territorial Expansion During this Period: Obtained Somoa, began Hawaii ||  ||
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Overall Assessment of Presidency: //

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Well, we don't really talk about Benjamin Harrison too much, so personally he wasn't a stunning president. His attempt at controlling the trusts was notable and a good step, but he did not put enough power into the act. He began to annex Hawaii, which was nice but not stunning. His opinion that blacks should be given the same rights as whites was awesome, but he put nothing behind his emotions. Overall, any president could have made the choices he made, but he stepped up slightly for suggesting the anti-trust act. ||  ||
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Other important facts: //

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Was a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War, and guarded railroads in Indiana. He became an Indiana Senator in 1884. ||  ||
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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">On Benjamin Harrison? Seriously? Not much is out there. ** ||  ||