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Benjamin Harrison VI (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States. Serving one term from 1889 to 1893, he was from the state of Indiana and had previously served as a senator from that state. Nicknames such as "Kid Gloves" and "Little Ben" were mocking titles given by his political rivals.

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A grandson of President William Henry Harrison and great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, Benjamin was born on August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio as the second of eight children of John Scott Harrison (later a U.S. Congressman from Ohio) and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin. He attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where he was a member of the fraternity Phi Delta Theta, (later in life, he joined Delta Chi) and graduated in 1852. He studied law in Cincinnati, Ohio, then moved to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1854. He was admitted to the bar and became reporter of the decisions of the Indiana Supreme Court.

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