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Contents 1 father 2 Benjamin Harrison or Benjamin Harrison VI?? 3 Civil service reform 4 Pictures 5 reporter of the decisions 6 Plagiarism 7 Erroneous Trivia 8 President Harrison (ship) 9 Benjamine Harrison

[edit] father

What did Benjamin Harrison's father do for a living? RickK 16:43, 24 Dec 2003 (UTC)

• John Scott Harrison (1804-1878) was a farmer and a congressman (1853-57). - Nunh-huh 21:09, 15 May 2004 (UTC)
  • I just edited the article which had his mother's name as "Elizabeth Irwin". According to "The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents" (William A. Degregorio) her name was "Elizabeth Ramsey". (Might this be a maiden vs. married name issue?) - Nunh-huh 21:15, 15 May 2004 (UTC)
    • It is... so now name given as "Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin". - Nunh-huh

I removed the mention of antibiotics, as he was ill and died in 1901, which was significantly before Flemming discovered penicillin in 1928. If anyone can find that antibiotics were in use in 1901, please undo my edit.

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The First Lady and wife of Benjamin Harrison Harrison was originally Caroline Lavinia Scott before marriage to Benjamin Harrison. Reason of edit: full maiden name appears in most presidential bios. --65.73.0.137

[edit] Benjamin Harrison or Benjamin Harrison VI??

If his grandfather was William Henry Harrison, then why does he get a suffix like this?? According to what makes sense to me, this means that his grandfather would have to be Benjamin Harrison IV, but that is certainly wrong. 66.245.29.239 13:46, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

This is the way genealogists often name people -- primarily so that records don't get mixed up with many family members having the same name in one lineage. This means that he has 5 direct ancestors named "Benjamin Harrison" (see his great-grandfather Benjamin Harrison V), but he shouldn't be listed here as VI, since that is not standard usage. BCorr|Брайен 17:25, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Benjamin Harrison V had a son named Benjamin Harrison VI. The president never had any extra title and if the other ones didn't, they were given nicknames. Jjmillerhistorian 06:44, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Civil service reform

I found a popular cartoon about Congress fighting over Civil Service Reform and Harrison quoted as saying "What can I do when both parties insist on kicking?" There is no mention of Civil Service Reform in this article and there is no article on Wikipedia titled Civil Service Reform. Perhaps the cartoon is popular and the topic is too small to note. I was just wondering what the reform issue was and what Harrison had to do with it. Kainaw 23:47, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

Pictures serve to highlight the subject at hand. If several pictures are included in an article, preferably they should be different pictures of the subject in different contexts. Why are there three pictures of Harrison which are nearly identical? It serves no purpose --† Ðy§ep§ion † ^{Speak your mind} 05:08, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] reporter of the decisions

Would that be the same as a court reporter?--Kross^Talk 09:15, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism

Parts of this seemed to be copied word-for-word from the White House Bio of Harrison. Not sure if that is OK. For example from http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bh23.html, this quote shows up verbatim near the end of this wikipedia version.

"Long before the end of the Harrison Administration, the Treasury surplus had evaporated, and prosperity seemed about to disappear as well. "

It's not a copyright problem, works of the Federal government are not copyrighted, so we don't need to remove it. However plagiarism, while legal, is also beneath our standards. The URL needs to be an a citition or in a "sources" list. studerby 14:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Erroneous Trivia

I have removed the erroneous claim formerly included in "Trivia" that B. Harrison "might have" been the first President whose voice was recorded, because the article here for Harrison's predecessor (and successor), Grover Cleveland, contains a media link to a recording of that President that was made a couple years earlier, refuting the previous claim. Michaeltmccorkle 00:00, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

According to the Vincent Voice Library [1], that recording was done in 1889. The media link you're referring to for Grover Cleveland was done in 1892, so how is the removed content erroneous? --† Ðy§ep§ion † ^{Speak your mind} 01:52, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I corrected the false info stating that the recording was done after his presidency and restored the line that he was the first president whose voice was recorded. The recording even starts "As president of the United States..." and mentions the first Pan American conference which was held in 1889. --† Ðy§ep§ion † ^{Speak your mind} 21:00, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Benjamin Harrison was first! Jjmillerhistorian 12:33, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] President Harrison (ship)

I have a passenger list indicating that a ship named the President Harrison was in operation during the year 1940. It arrived in New York City from Kobe and Suez. It does not appear to be the ship currently indicated within the article, as the date precedes the Liberty ship by two years. Might anyone have any additional information on this? I will post this comment on the discussion page for the SS Benjamin Harrison, as well. --Thisisbossi 23:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Benjamine Harrison

Benjamine Harrison is my great-great grandfather208.3.137.104 13:42, 27 September 2007 (UTC)