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Benjamin Harrison Not 9th Major in Family Tree

“The 23rd U.S President President Benjamin Harrison is historically counted as the 9th major Benjamin Harrison in the Harrison family tree”
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Confidence: High Checked on July 15, 2026

Summary

Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd U.S. president, was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison and a descendant of an earlier Benjamin Harrison (1726‑1791). Genealogical records do not list him as the ninth “major” Benjamin Harrison in the family; no credible source supports that numbering. The claim is therefore inaccurate.

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supremecourt.ohio.gov
pbs.org
  • Benjamin Harrison | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

    Grandson of William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison managed to unseat Grover Cleveland in the 1888 election. His economic policy may have contributed to the depression that hit the country after he left office, but his social and foreign policies were visionary and bold.

en.geneastar.org
  • Family tree of Benjamin Harrison - Geneastar

    Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a ...

whitehousehistory.org
bhpsite.org
  • Benjamin Harrison - Presidential Site

    Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) is the son of John Scott Harrison (1804-1878) and Elizabeth Irwin Harrison (1810-1850). Click on the individuals to see a pedigree chart or family group sheet.

en.wikipedia.org
  • Harrison family of Virginia - Wikipedia

    Author J. Houston Harrison references the tradition, supported by other writers, that Benjamin had four brothers: Thomas, who also ended up in the south of the American colonies, Richard and Nathaniel who were in the north, and Edward who remained in England. The parentage of the brothers is the subject of several different viewpoints. Genealogist ...

  • Benjamin Harrison - Wikipedia

    "BENJAMIN HARRISON: IMPACT AND LEGACY". Miller Center. University of Virginia. Retrieved May 16, 2018. "Because of his lack of personal passion and the failure of anything truly eventful, such as a major war, during his administration, Harrison, along with every other President from the ...

gw.geneanet.org
  • Benjamin Harrison (1) : Family tree by Tim DOWLING (tdowling) - Geneanet

    View on GeneaStar rootsweb: Click Here Linked to: Timothy Michael Dowling, 8th cousin 5x removed HARRISON, Benjamin, (great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison [1726-1791], grandson of President William Henry Harrison, son of John Scott Harrison of Ohio, and grandfather of William Henry Harrison [1896-1990]), a Senator from Indiana and 23d President of the United States; born in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 20, 1833; graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1852; studied law in Cincinnati; moved to Indianapolis in 1854; admitted to the bar and practiced; reporter of the decisio

ancestors.familysearch.org
  • Benjamin Harrison (1726–1791)

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