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LEFT HARRISON 476 HARRISON HARRISON, BENJAMIN, an Ameri- can patriot; born in Berkeley, Va., about 1740. He was elected to the House of Burgesses soon after attaining his ma- jority. In 1773 he was chosen a member of the committee which united the colo- nies against Great Britain. Shortly afterward he was elected to Congress and five times re-elected. On July 4, 1776, he reported, as chairman of the committee of the whole House, the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one cf the signers. He opposed the ratification of the Federal Constitution, but, on its adoption, supported the National govern- ment. He died in April, 1791. HARRISON, BENJAMIN, an Amer- ican statesman, 23d President of the Uni- ted States; born in North Bend, O., Aug. 20, 1833. He was a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Decla- ration of Independence, and grandson of William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States. He was graduated at Miami University; studied law in Cincinnati; removed to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1854, and laid the foundation of a fine legal practice; entered the Union army in 1862, serving with conspicuous gallantry in the Atlanta campaign, final- ly returning to civil life at the close of the war with the rank of brevet Briga- dier-General; was the Republican candi- date for governor of Indiana in 1876, but was defeated; was elected to the United States Senate in 1881, where he added to his reputation as a sound thinker and a polished debator; at the Republican Convention held in Chicago, June, 1888, he was nominated for the presidency of the United States; elected in the ensuing November; and inaugurated March 4, 1889. His administration was quiet, suc- cessful, and measurably popular. It was marked by the amicable settlement of the trouble with Chile and by the passage of the McKinley Tariff Bill._ In 1892 he received again the nomination in the Na- tional Republican Convention, but by this time the able and persistent attacks of the Democracy on the high tariff policy led to a general revulsion against it, and he was defeated at the election by Cleve- land. He thereupon pursued a private law practice, occasionally giving public addresses. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., March 13, 1901. HARRISON. MRS. BURTON (CON- STANCE CARY), an_ American novelist and miscellaneous writer; born in Vau- cluse, Va., April 25, 1846. She wi'ote: "Woman's Handiwork in Modern Homes" (1881) ; "Old-Fashioned Fairy-Book" (1884) ; "Bar Harbor Days" (1887) ; and the novels "The Anglomaniacs"; "An Errant Wooing"; "A Bachelor Maid"; "A Son of the Old Dominion" (1897); "A Princess of the Hills" (1901) ; a play, "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch" (1901) ; "Recollections Grave and Gay" (1911). HARRISON, CARTER HENRY, an American public official, born in Chicago in 1860. He graduated from St. Igna- tius College in 1881 and afterward studied law at Yale. He engaged in the real-estate and publishing business in Chicago and was elected mayor of that city for 5 terms from 1897 to 1905 and from 1911 to 1915. During the World War he was in charge of the American Red Cross activities in 12 hospitals in France. HARRISON, FRANCIS BURTON, an American public official, born in New York City in 1873. He graduated from Yale in 1895. He served during the Spanish-American War as a member of the New York Volunteer Cavalry. In 1903 he was elected to Congress and was re-elected in 1906 and in 1913. He re- signed in the latter year to become gov- ernor-general of the Philippine Islands. HARRISON, FREDERIC, an English writer; born in London, Oct. 18, 1831. He was educated at King's College School, London, and Wadham College, Oxford. A Positivist in religion and an advanced Liberal in politics, he argued his opinions in many vigorous and well- written articles in the magazines and reviews. Of his works the chief are "The Meaning of History" (1862); "Order and Progress" (1875) ; "The Present and the Future" (1880) ; "Lectures on Edu- cation" (1883) ; "On the Choice of Books" (1886); "Oliver Cromwell" (1888); "The Meaning of History" (1894) ; "Literary Essays" (1895) ; and "William the Silent" (1897) ; "Creed of Layman" (1907) ; "Among My Books" (1912) "The German Peril" (1915) etc. HARRISON, MARY ST. LEGER (LUCAS MALET), an English novelist, daughter of Charles Kingsley, born in Eversley, Hampshire, married to the Rev. William Harrison. Her books ac- quired a wide popularity in England and in the United States. Among the best known are: "(Dolonel Enderby's Wife" (1885); "The Wages of Sin" (1891); "The Golden Galleon" (1910) ; and The "Wisdom of Damaris." HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY, an American statesman, 9th President of the United States; born in Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773. He served in the Indian War on General Wayne's staff, 1791- 1792, and in 1797 was appointed captain.