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Notable Quotes from Our Presidents - Benjamin Harrison

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Crossroads in Cuyahoga Falls and Stow, Ohio

Benjamin Harrison, our 23rd President was nicknamed "Little Ben," graduated from Ohio University in Oxford, Ohio and in 1888 he won the Presidency over Grover Cleveland even though Cleveland had over one million more popular votes, thanks to the Electoral College.

 

Some Points of Interest:

  • Harrison made 140 completely different speeches in 30 days.
  • Benjamin Harrison was the first President to use electricity in the White House.  After he got an electrical shock his family often refused to touch the light switches and would sometimes go to bed with the lights on.
  • Pat Robertson, founder of CBN Television Network (The 700 Club) is a great-grandson of President Harrison.
  • Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of 9th, President William Henry Harrison.
  • Harrison was the last President to wear a beard while in office.
  • On June 7, 1892, Harrison became the first President to ever attend a baseball game.


Notable Quotes from President Benjamin Harrison:

"I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process."

"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world."

"The bud of victory is always in the truth."



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Tony Morganti, CRS, ABR

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Comments (5)

Krystal Knott
Christie's International Real Estate - Summit Colorado - Breckenridge, CO
Breckenridge CO Real Estate & All Summit County CO

Tony, thanks for the information.  I knew very little about our 23rd President, I like the first quote!  --Krystal

Mar 25, 2011 03:04 AM
Joshua Zargari
MJ Decorators Workshop LI staging and home decorating - Lynbrook, NY
MJ Decorators Workshop

Hi Tony, thank you for the great knowledge about the different presidents.

Mar 26, 2011 05:54 AM
Chris Olsen
Olsen Ziegler Realty - Cleveland, OH
Broker Owner Cleveland Ohio Real Estate

Hi Tony -- I'm getting a continual history lesson from you and I'm digging it, so thanks. :)  I think there is a whole lot of truth in these three quotes (my own subjective opinion).  I wonder what he would have thought of today's technology, given they sometimes slept with the lights on?  Wow...

Mar 26, 2011 12:37 PM
Tony Morganti
RE/MAX Crossroads in Cuyahoga Falls and Stow, Ohio - Cuyahoga Falls, OH
CRS, ABR, SRES - Cuyahoga Falls, Stow

Chris - Thank you for your kind words.  I have decided to continue all the way through the Presidents up to and including our current President.  I am glad to know that someone is enjoying these.  It is a refresher in history to do them as well.

Mar 26, 2011 03:05 PM
Laraine Shape
Comey & Shepherd Realtors - Glendale, OH
Selling Cincinnati...one kitchen at a time

Hey!  He went to school near here.  And I can totally relate to the family members about their fear of electricity.  When I was a kid I saw a Peter Gunn episode (remember?) about these electrical things hidden under the carpet. I was terrified for weeks!

Mar 26, 2011 11:51 PM