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When naming their first child, my parents went with a biblical name, Benjamin, and a family name, Harrison. 13 years later, their third child would ask them why they named him after a rather forgettable president. They had no idea. They did think it sounded presidential, just had no idea how presidential.
Wow, "iceberg" or not, he seems like he was a good and decent human being who tried to do his best for his fellow citizens and the environment. He deserves more credit for trying to steer his country toward admirable goals.
Probably a lot more decent than any politician today. Most men of those days had their vices, but they had honor and read books especially the Bible. My great great grandfather was a confederate soldier, lost a brother in the war, was a POW twice, but he fought with honor and for what he believed in. I don’t agree with somethings he believed in such as his views on race but I honor his memory
"And while Garfield's assassination in his short presidency was the ultimate Monday, for Harrison everything would be lasagna." I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE
Thank you so much for the very interesting biography. Yes Benjamin Harrison was always the donut hole in between Grover Cleveland's presidencies and the grandson of the guy who had the shortest run as us president. But nothing about his presidency was ever really taught. Sadly he was a very good guy who just couldn't get past Congress and isn't as well known because so many others around him were flashier. Thank you for the biography it was interesting and informative and why I listen to you
September 19th, 1881 President James A. Garfield died from his wounds after being shot multiple times by an assassin. The assassin was a Charles Guiteau, who wanted revenge against the president for "political debts." Charles Guiteau was hanged about a year later for his crimes. Poor Garfield
@@justinweber4977 This is all that I know of him The Good: 1. Pendleton Act, which abolished the spoils system and government jobs were handed out based on merit. It also created the Civil Service Commission 2. Improved the navy 3. Edmunds Act 4. Increased funding for Native American education 5. Recognized Korean independence 6. Oversaw the dedication of the Washington Monument 7. Bureau of Labor established 8. Banned criminals from immigrating to the US through the Immigration Act of 1882 9. Because of an international convention called by Chester Alan Arthur, representatives from 25 countries agreed to pick a single standard meridian. They chose the meridian passing through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England The Bad: 1. Chinese exclusion act 2. Basically everything else about the Immigration Act of 1882
I'm from Indianapolis and remember when I was young, driving past Harrison's home which has been turned into a museum. Never got around to visiting it, though, and even in our high school book on indiana history, we didn't learn as much about him as I learned here. There are some other people you might find interesting from indiana, like civil war governor Oliver p. Morton and literary figures like James Whitcomb Riley and booth tarkington.
I remember visiting the home in elementary school for a field trip. Unfortunately the only thing I really remember from the trip was the fact that I went
Man. I barely even remembered his name before this video, but after the section about how good of a Commander Harrison was? Mad respect. That man was the personification of the ideal of a perfect commander.
Full respect to Harrison for mourning, for doing what was right not what was resepected. Respect to Cleavland too for the choosing not to campaign in the wake of Caroline Harrison's death. We all know that would not happen in the modern era.
Quite prescient insight from ol Benji. Now, he'd be pitying the man who doesn't break a sweat buying bizarre looking (to him) looking shoes made in a sweat shop. There were sweatshops then, too. They were just here at home.
The thing I remembered most about Benjamin Harrison is that he was the second case of a relative being president before him. He was actually rather interesting though.
Future Video suggestion - Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent figure in Irish history.
Better he had been executed or sent back to the States or Cuba for that matter from whence he came . Would have spared the fledgling Irish state much grief and stagnation .
I love right next to Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana, so he's not really forgotten here at least. Also his home downtown is a museum that you can go to and check out
Thank you for a good video! Fort Benjamin Harrison is now closed and it has lived on as a small state park in the middle of the Indianapolis urban area. The US Army Finance Center is still operating next to the state park. Near downtown Indianapolis is Benjamin Harrison’s beautiful home, which is open to the public for guided tours. He was a great man and his Grandfather was a very great General and also an important person in Indiana history.
I'm a direct descendant of the "founding father" Benjamin Harrisson V, his son William Henry (Pres 9) and Pres Benjamin here. They weren't great men, they were men like any other, and since Benjamin V and William Henry owned slaves I'd put them below average.
I hope the next video is about 10th president John Tyler...also he has a living grandson. One of the most impressive facts ever considering he was born in 1790.
I know that’s a fascinating story. Similarly I was born to parents in their 40’s. My grandfather was in his late 30’s when my dad was born. I was 40 when one of my sons was born. He had do a story about his family for 6th grade. He wrote of his maternal great grandfather in WW2 in the Pacific and his paternal great grandfather in WW1 in Europe.
@@johnbaugh2437 I know the feeling, my dad was born in 1920 and didn’t marry until he was 37 (1957.) I came along in 1958, so I am “just” 64. So more often than not, it was my friends Grandfathers that participated in WWII. My Dad was in the Pacific with the Navy 1944-1946.
As someone who lived for trekking in Yosemite and Kings Canyon at every opportunity, I am grateful to Harrison for preserving the Wilderness that he did. The two giant Sequoias named after Grant and Sherman still stand right where they did the first time I saw them in 1974. And even though I live far away and my hiking days are long gone, knowing those trees still stand and will be there after I am long gone makes me happy. As long as there is still wilderness where no one goes, I will be happy. That's how it should be. So Thanks President Harrison! 🙂👍🏻🌲🏔🌲🏔
This might be a minor thing, but I do find the story of Harrison personally taking coffee to soldiers back in his Civil War days really quite nice. It's also nice that he's startlingly progressive, especially for the time, when it came to race relations considering the era he was living in, it's just a shame that Congress had to get in the way.
Somethings never change eh? Doesn't matter which side it is, the others will block stuff just to block it. Sometimes it's justified and sometimes it's just to block stuff.
The reason I watched this video is because I owned the house directly across the street, to the East, of Harrison's home in Indianapolis. I bought the house as a rehab project. My only interest in Harrison was that his house might increase the potential value of my property. It did, but not as much as I had hoped. No one really cared...
When I was a kid, my dad once took me to his alma mater, Miami University, to show me what fraternities would be like once I got into college. He was the President of the Phi Delta Thetas. Turns out, we were there bc Dad had a meeting with the alumni to commemorate Benjamin Harrison, also being President of the Phi Delts. They unveiled a portrait of Harrison in their chapter room. I didn’t realize it at the time, as I was just a kid engrossed in my Nintendo DS, but thanks to my dad’s connections, I was and am to this day, the only non-fraternity member to ever set foot in the Miami Phi Delt chapter room. I still remember the portrait of Harrison, which was admittedly pretty cool.
This is why I like this channel so much. Prior ti this, all I knew about this man was that his was WHH's grandson and that he was the guy in between Grover Cleveland's nonconsecutive terms.
@@Talisguy Probably, seems like the Biographics team is focusing on the lesser presidents right now. Though I would like to see a Rutherford B Hayes video.
Harrisons of Berkley Plantation (Harrison's Landing) is one of the most prominent in Virginia and has been for centuries. American Patriots and signers of the Declaration. They lost the plantation after Civil War.
I actually go to his grave a lot. I live near the cemetery he’s buried in crown hill. I grew up going to cemeteries to walk my dogs with my dad. And that one has so much history so I go to it a lot to walk. Plus he’s buried near the largest hill in indiana which is where Jay Whitcomb Riley is and I go up there a lot for a good leg work out.
WOW!!! I had no idea...I'm truly glad I watched this...I'm going to read up some more on Harrison...hmmm, a war hero that actually cares about vets...not like 45...great video...
thanks for this. I did a paper on Benjamin Harrison in grade school. I picked him because he served one term and didn't think I be overwhelmed with information. I was also intrigued by the fact that he was the one that split up Grover Cleveland's two terms. That paper left me with memory of this one term president that I never forgot.
“The rights, prosperity, and even the lives of swathes of Black southerners came to be sacrificed on a cross of silver” is such a poetic and downright visceral sentence, jfc.
I ironically lost the 1892 election badly as Benjamin Harrison in the game The Campaign Trail, and was trying to find a way to find out for about him so I could hopefully run that campaign again. What better way than a Biographics video?
Appreciate this greatly. The man known for having the personality of a dull icicle who presided over the "billion dollar congress" because of his generosity towards other civil war veterans like himself. Can't wait until you do Rutherford B. Hayes
I can't see how he is forgotten when evey so often he's mentioned as the forgotten president. I hear that at least several times a year. There are presidents i can't remember but i remember him (as the forgotten president) lol
Had no idea he had compassion for the plight of the freed slaves. Thank you for this documentary, I didn't realize he was such a good man, and a good president.
Another notable Hoosier that would make an interesting video topic is Lew Wallace. He was an attorney, a Union General during the Civil War, the Governor of the New Mexico Territory, U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and author of 'Ben-Hur : A Tale of the Christ'.
Neither William Henry Harrison nor Benjamin Harrison were born in Indiana. William Henry Harrison was born in Virginia and Benjamin Harrison was born in Ohio. There has never been a US president born in Indiana just a couple that lived there
@@aisforapple2494 you didn't have to mention either one of them you mentioned as a notable Hoosier but neither one of them are Hoosiers now you know that so there's your point. Who was the first Hoosier you were mentioning as a notable Hoosier?
“Yes, if presidential history were a highschool Harrison would definitely be the nerd getting pantsed by jocks like Andrew Jackson.” I’m stealing this.
I’m wondering if you all would ever be willing to do one on Governor George Wallace? I think his trip from moderate to the face of segregation, his presidential campaign and assassination attempt, all the way back to moderate is an interesting story. Just how chasing the vote and populism can change someone for the worse.
You for covering all these mostly forgotten and untold stories of presidents. Unless you’re a history major most US schools barely cover half of the presidents. Awesome job thanks for educating me!😂
I’m a proud Hoosier. If you come to Indianapolis, you can visit Benjamin’s house. We also have a beautiful World War Memorial. There’s so much history there.
One thing about President Harrison is that hundreds of people want to be related to the guy and claim to be so that trying to find your own line (if your surname is Harrison) is insane.
@@PaidSearch i'm very indirect. my great grandmother was Florence Hannah Harrison, born in Dodge City, Kansas, 1884, died 1967 Gilroy, California. she married my great grandfather Charles Ernest Humbarger 3/2/1904 in Douglas, Illinois. my Mom was a Humbarger and her middle name is Harrison and my aunt has one of the Harrison Bibles. one of my cousins is doing research.
I am also related to Benjamin Harrison and Skpjo... sister. My mom's middle name was Harrison and she always said we were related to the Harrison's from Virginia. He is said to have been poisoned by pretended friends.
I am related myself. The family blood line has founding father Benjamin Harrison- his wife my 7th grandmother Elizabeth basset. Who is the niece of Martha Washington(George Washington wife/ George had no kids of his own) President William Harrison. President Benjamin Harrison. President Abraham Lincoln who is a distant cousin. Countless mayors of Chicago and governors etc. The Harrison family of Virginia.
Benjamin Harrison is not to be fucked with. He was quick, stocky, and efficient with his actions, and according to historian William DeGregorio, he “tackled problems through mastery of detail.” -from “How To Fight Presidents”, by Daniel O’Brien
As a Mixed Race lady from the South, I thank God for people like Benjamin Harrison who tried to champion the rights of minorities. I also support keeping American businesses flourishing. Why should our economy suffer just so we can trade openly with other countries??
me too. My Mom's middle name is Harrison and my aunt has one of the Harrison Bibles. My grandfathers mother was Florence Hannah Harrison, born in Dodge City, Kansas, 1884, died 1967 Gilroy, California.
"But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit, at least I did that." - Randle McMurphy Very fascinating video of a president who is never talked about. Thank you for making it.
My grandfather was born into a Republican family. He was named for Theodore Roosevelt and Benjamin Harrison. When he got old enough he changed the two names around because he didn't want to be known as TB Keith .
I am related to Benjamin Harrison and the Virginia family of Harrisons. My 7th grandmother is Elizabeth Basset, who is the wife of founding father Benjamin Harrison and the Niece of Martha Washington. George Washington wife. George Washington never had any kids or his own. President William Henry Harrison and his Grandson President Benjamin Harrison and Cousin of some sort President Abraham Lincoln are all blood related, with President George Washington through marriage. A great ancestry bloodline of mine.
Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ …Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’… Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role… Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first… Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals.”
I never noticed it before, but I think I can actually see the resemblance between him and they guys from Pawn Stars. They're related. I forget if he's a great grandfather or a cousin, but they are directly related.
8th great grandpa? I'm 46 and William Henry Harrison is my great-great-grandfather and Benjamin Harrison my great grandfather. Unless you're like 2 years old to go 8 generations back you would have to go all the way back to Britain your grandfather eight generations back never would have even saw this country
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Plz do Booker T. Washington next
How about a video on lynndie England
Hello Simon, I want to recommend you do Confucius; I’ve been waiting for a biographics on him
Harrison Jr is in the middle of the list
@@Tremont24 óí⁸🎉
His heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of justice.
excellent reference
Respect
Dojyaaan
When naming their first child, my parents went with a biblical name, Benjamin, and a family name, Harrison.
13 years later, their third child would ask them why they named him after a rather forgettable president. They had no idea.
They did think it sounded presidential, just had no idea how presidential.
Funny Valentine is probably more known than the actual 23rd USA president 💀
He's so forgotten people think a Jojo villain was the 23rd president
He was wym
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Wow, "iceberg" or not, he seems like he was a good and decent human being who tried to do his best for his fellow citizens and the environment. He deserves more credit for trying to steer his country toward admirable goals.
True and these days, the party he ran for is the exact opposite and would love to go back to these days, pre civil war.
Probably a lot more decent than any politician today. Most men of those days had their vices, but they had honor and read books especially the Bible. My great great grandfather was a confederate soldier, lost a brother in the war, was a POW twice, but he fought with honor and for what he believed in. I don’t agree with somethings he believed in such as his views on race but I honor his memory
He was also able to travel between dimensions truly a great president
@@nothingbutvideoskits1661 Benjamin Harrison is Funny Valentine? I haven't read that part yet.
@@julianh9347Delusional
Really appreciate these insights into Presidents I’d barely heard of, let alone know their lives. Please keep going!
Harrison is probably the only president to be overshadowed by another president from another universe
Let's be honest, if it wasn't for Araki, Harrison would continue to be largely forgotten
who tf r u talking about
@@bezllama3325 must be a private joke....maybe Dune?
@@alpha-omega2362 it's from jjba
@@bezllama3325 the real 23rd president
Benjamin Harrison is such a weird way of spelling Funny Valentine
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I don’t get it.
@@ianpage2509 Nor do I. I think it is not meant to be gotten.
@@Svensk7119 It's a JoJo refrence
@@vreckeruchiha8012 Okay....
Whatever that is.
This is when Simon is really at his best, When he sheds light on a historical figure that we all heard of but know nothing about.
He isn't even real. Funny Valentine is the 23rd President
"And while Garfield's assassination in his short presidency was the ultimate Monday, for Harrison everything would be lasagna."
I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE
Thank you so much for the very interesting biography. Yes Benjamin Harrison was always the donut hole in between Grover Cleveland's presidencies and the grandson of the guy who had the shortest run as us president. But nothing about his presidency was ever really taught. Sadly he was a very good guy who just couldn't get past Congress and isn't as well known because so many others around him were flashier. Thank you for the biography it was interesting and informative and why I listen to you
There are many forgotten presidents. Thank you for shedding light on Benjamin.
September 19th, 1881
President James A. Garfield died from his wounds after being shot multiple times by an assassin. The assassin was a Charles Guiteau, who wanted revenge against the president for "political debts."
Charles Guiteau was hanged about a year later for his crimes.
Poor Garfield
Yep all 44 of them
@@fly8641 it's a damn shame about Garfield. Could've been one of the best presidents
I'm waiting for Chester A. Arthur.
I don't really know anything about him, but that's part of the reason.
@@justinweber4977
This is all that I know of him
The Good:
1. Pendleton Act, which abolished the spoils system and government jobs were handed out based on merit. It also created the Civil Service Commission
2. Improved the navy
3. Edmunds Act
4. Increased funding for Native American education
5. Recognized Korean independence
6. Oversaw the dedication of the Washington Monument
7. Bureau of Labor established
8. Banned criminals from immigrating to the US through the Immigration Act of 1882
9. Because of an international convention called by Chester Alan Arthur, representatives from 25 countries agreed to pick a single standard meridian. They chose the meridian passing through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England
The Bad:
1. Chinese exclusion act
2. Basically everything else about the Immigration Act of 1882
That’s odd, always thought his name was Funny Valentine
The Monday/Lasagna reference for Garfield's presidency was brilliant!
I'm from Indianapolis and remember when I was young, driving past Harrison's home which has been turned into a museum. Never got around to visiting it, though, and even in our high school book on indiana history, we didn't learn as much about him as I learned here. There are some other people you might find interesting from indiana, like civil war governor Oliver p. Morton and literary figures like James Whitcomb Riley and booth tarkington.
I remember visiting the home in elementary school for a field trip. Unfortunately the only thing I really remember from the trip was the fact that I went
1:15 - Chapter 1 - Dynasty dreams
4:40 - Chapter 2 - Fighting for survival
8:10 - Mid roll ads
9:35 - Chapter 3 - Paths to power
13:45 - Chapter 4 - The centennial president
17:35 - Chapter 5 - Civil rights ?
21:25 - Chapter 6 - Goodbye to all that
Hero
Chapter 7: 18:90 steel ball run
Man. I barely even remembered his name before this video, but after the section about how good of a Commander Harrison was? Mad respect. That man was the personification of the ideal of a perfect commander.
Full respect to Harrison for mourning, for doing what was right not what was resepected. Respect to Cleavland too for the choosing not to campaign in the wake of Caroline Harrison's death. We all know that would not happen in the modern era.
“I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process” Benjamin Harrison
Quite prescient insight from ol Benji. Now, he'd be pitying the man who doesn't break a sweat buying bizarre looking (to him) looking shoes made in a sweat shop.
There were sweatshops then, too. They were just here at home.
If a presidential candidate said this today, they would become instantly unelectable.
He's not that forgotten. Trained at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis Indiana. Huge base and loads of soldiers.
Not for a few decades! It closed.
@@NadaNothingLol Although the base has officially been inactivated, there is still a very significant military presence in the area.
Where all the fighting clerk typist were trained
Journalism school; closed n 75; met my Waterloo there for telling an "anti-Semitic" joke; best thing that ever hapd to me.
@@TedPuckett Ft Ben Harrison school did not close in 1975. I was there much later. Perhaps think twice about publicly slagging off the Jewish..
We visited his house today in Indianapolis. Worth visiting. Really interesting history. Thanks for the video
Bruh everyone knows Funny Valentine was the 23rd president
The thing I remembered most about Benjamin Harrison is that he was the second case of a relative being president before him. He was actually rather interesting though.
Future Video suggestion -
Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent figure in Irish history.
Better he had been executed or sent back to the States or Cuba for that matter from whence he came . Would have spared the fledgling Irish state much grief and stagnation .
Definitely deserves more recognition, never knew.
I love right next to Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana, so he's not really forgotten here at least. Also his home downtown is a museum that you can go to and check out
As a graduate of Harrison's alma mater Miami University, he certainly isn't forgotten by us
Thank you for a good video!
Fort Benjamin Harrison is now closed and it has lived on as a small state park in the middle of the Indianapolis urban area. The US Army Finance Center is still operating next to the state park.
Near downtown Indianapolis is Benjamin Harrison’s beautiful home, which is open to the public for guided tours.
He was a great man and his Grandfather was a very great General and also an important person in Indiana history.
I'm a direct descendant of the "founding father" Benjamin Harrisson V, his son William Henry (Pres 9) and Pres Benjamin here. They weren't great men, they were men like any other, and since Benjamin V and William Henry owned slaves I'd put them below average.
I hope the next video is about 10th president John Tyler...also he has a living grandson. One of the most impressive facts ever considering he was born in 1790.
I know that’s a fascinating story. Similarly I was born to parents in their 40’s. My grandfather was in his late 30’s when my dad was born. I was 40 when one of my sons was born. He had do a story about his family for 6th grade. He wrote of his maternal great grandfather in WW2 in the Pacific and his paternal great grandfather in WW1 in Europe.
Being a total damned traitor to the United States later in life is what more spotlight should be shown upon.
He openly sided with the Confederacy and died during the war, becoming the only president to be buried under that disgusting flag.
I'm distantly related on my mother's side to John Tyler's second wife Julia Gardner.
@@johnbaugh2437 I know the feeling, my dad was born in 1920 and didn’t marry until he was 37 (1957.) I came along in 1958, so I am “just” 64. So more often than not, it was my friends Grandfathers that participated in WWII. My Dad was in the Pacific with the Navy 1944-1946.
Nice video
Dojyaaaaaan
We visited his house today, in Indianapolis. Beautiful home.
As someone who lived for trekking in Yosemite and Kings Canyon at every opportunity, I am grateful to Harrison for preserving the Wilderness that he did. The two giant Sequoias named after Grant and Sherman still stand right where they did the first time I saw them in 1974. And even though I live far away and my hiking days are long gone, knowing those trees still stand and will be there after I am long gone makes me happy. As long as there is still wilderness where no one goes, I will be happy. That's how it should be. So Thanks President Harrison! 🙂👍🏻🌲🏔🌲🏔
This might be a minor thing, but I do find the story of Harrison personally taking coffee to soldiers back in his Civil War days really quite nice. It's also nice that he's startlingly progressive, especially for the time, when it came to race relations considering the era he was living in, it's just a shame that Congress had to get in the way.
Somethings never change eh? Doesn't matter which side it is, the others will block stuff just to block it. Sometimes it's justified and sometimes it's just to block stuff.
@@Ashannon888 It is democracy.
The reason I watched this video is because I owned the house directly across the street, to the East, of Harrison's home in Indianapolis. I bought the house as a rehab project. My only interest in Harrison was that his house might increase the potential value of my property. It did, but not as much as I had hoped. No one really cared...
Since Mikhail Gorbachev recently passed away, could you do an episode on him?
I agree with this. Gorbachev was a hero and should get one soon.
@@jamescarter5883 I wouldn't call him that, but he does need a video.
@@jamescarter5883 Gorbachev was certainly no hero by any reasonable standard.
That said, I do agree that he'd be a fascinating character to look into.
He done filthy acts at reasonable price
Lmao w reference
I’ve always been proud to be a Harrison. This knocked my socks off, thank you !!
He was the last Republican President to be a champion of black civil rights.
23rd president is Funny Valentine
There are at least two more presidents that are more forgotten than Benjamin Harrison. Those presidents are Rutherford Hayes and Chester Arthur.
Both are better than Benjamin Harrison
When I was a kid, my dad once took me to his alma mater, Miami University, to show me what fraternities would be like once I got into college. He was the President of the Phi Delta Thetas. Turns out, we were there bc Dad had a meeting with the alumni to commemorate Benjamin Harrison, also being President of the Phi Delts. They unveiled a portrait of Harrison in their chapter room. I didn’t realize it at the time, as I was just a kid engrossed in my Nintendo DS, but thanks to my dad’s connections, I was and am to this day, the only non-fraternity member to ever set foot in the Miami Phi Delt chapter room. I still remember the portrait of Harrison, which was admittedly pretty cool.
Love and Honor
This is why I like this channel so much.
Prior ti this, all I knew about this man was that his was WHH's grandson and that he was the guy in between Grover Cleveland's nonconsecutive terms.
While I do appreciate adding more presidents, I think that Andrew Jackson is still severely overdue. Old Hickory had a fascinating life and career.
I wonder if he'll get to Rutherford B Hayes before Jackson or Lincoln?
Jefferson is along awaited too. Also Rutherford B Hayes is a personal favourite of mine.
@@Talisguy Probably, seems like the Biographics team is focusing on the lesser presidents right now. Though I would like to see a Rutherford B Hayes video.
OG Trump
He was the man.
They won't because he is "racist" lol. He was interesting as hell. Lincoln was already done and I think Hayes was too.
The street I live on is called Harrison after the man himself. I honestly never knew much about him till now. Thank you!
Simon, your empathy for a man who is largely forgotten is greatly appreciated. You did the same for John Q. Adams.....I appreciate your videos!
Had a chance to visit his home awhile back. Very interesting man who doesn't get the attention that he deserves.
Damn, Simon: that Jack line at the end is just brilliant. Wow 😮
Harrisons of Berkley Plantation (Harrison's Landing) is one of the most prominent in Virginia and has been for centuries. American Patriots and signers of the Declaration. They lost the plantation after Civil War.
I actually go to his grave a lot. I live near the cemetery he’s buried in crown hill. I grew up going to cemeteries to walk my dogs with my dad. And that one has so much history so I go to it a lot to walk. Plus he’s buried near the largest hill in indiana which is where Jay Whitcomb Riley is and I go up there a lot for a good leg work out.
The highest point in Indy I believe. A nice view of the city. I visit Crown Hill in the late afternoon to photograph the deer feeding.
His house in Indianapolis is a great stop to make if you ever find yourself in Indy, by all accounts
On the page I spotted the Harrison home - we used to have our Star Trek club meetings in there.
WOW!!! I had no idea...I'm truly glad I watched this...I'm going to read up some more on Harrison...hmmm, a war hero that actually cares about vets...not like 45...great video...
hmmmm the Afghanistan war end plan was the 45ths idea and not escalating into more war was the most caring since maybe ever.
thanks for this. I did a paper on Benjamin Harrison in grade school. I picked him because he served one term and didn't think I be overwhelmed with information. I was also intrigued by the fact that he was the one that split up Grover Cleveland's two terms. That paper left me with memory of this one term president that I never forgot.
Much love for Simon and his team. Always new content that is ceaselessly fascinating. Legendary.
“The rights, prosperity, and even the lives of swathes of Black southerners came to be sacrificed on a cross of silver” is such a poetic and downright visceral sentence, jfc.
Harrison seems like a man ages before his time. if he'd come along later he might have made a real change to the country's future.
Carter Harrison and his son, Carter Harrison Jr., were mayors of Chicago. They were related to the Harrison family.
I ironically lost the 1892 election badly as Benjamin Harrison in the game The Campaign Trail, and was trying to find a way to find out for about him so I could hopefully run that campaign again. What better way than a Biographics video?
Appreciate this greatly. The man known for having the personality of a dull icicle who presided over the "billion dollar congress" because of his generosity towards other civil war veterans like himself. Can't wait until you do Rutherford B. Hayes
I can't see how he is forgotten when evey so often he's mentioned as the forgotten president. I hear that at least several times a year. There are presidents i can't remember but i remember him (as the forgotten president) lol
He is also the first president to have an audio recording of his voice.
I thought his voice would sound deeper for some reason
Had no idea he had compassion for the plight of the freed slaves. Thank you for this documentary, I didn't realize he was such a good man, and a good president.
Another notable Hoosier that would make an interesting video topic is Lew Wallace.
He was an attorney, a Union General during the Civil War, the Governor of the New Mexico Territory, U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and author of 'Ben-Hur : A Tale of the Christ'.
Neither William Henry Harrison nor Benjamin Harrison were born in Indiana. William Henry Harrison was born in Virginia and Benjamin Harrison was born in Ohio. There has never been a US president born in Indiana just a couple that lived there
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I didn't mention either one of them, so what's your point?
@@aisforapple2494 you didn't have to mention either one of them you mentioned as a notable Hoosier but neither one of them are Hoosiers now you know that so there's your point. Who was the first Hoosier you were mentioning as a notable Hoosier?
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I was saying Lew Wallace was a notable Hoosier.
There's plenty of them, you know, even if the Harrisons don't count.
@@aisforapple2494 definitely! James Dean is a Hoosier
“Yes, if presidential history were a highschool Harrison would definitely be the nerd getting pantsed by jocks like Andrew Jackson.”
I’m stealing this.
Ironic that he did so much to think that he would be remembered but was forgotten.
I’m wondering if you all would ever be willing to do one on Governor George Wallace? I think his trip from moderate to the face of segregation, his presidential campaign and assassination attempt, all the way back to moderate is an interesting story. Just how chasing the vote and populism can change someone for the worse.
You for covering all these mostly forgotten and untold stories of presidents. Unless you’re a history major most US schools barely cover half of the presidents. Awesome job thanks for educating me!😂
I’m a proud Hoosier. If you come to Indianapolis, you can visit Benjamin’s house. We also have a beautiful World War Memorial. There’s so much history there.
The closing music is beautiful. Interesting video
You bring life to these peoples stories. I learned more about him today than I have in my entire life.
One thing about President Harrison is that hundreds of people want to be related to the guy and claim to be so that trying to find your own line (if your surname is Harrison) is insane.
Direct relation
@@PaidSearch i'm very indirect. my great grandmother was Florence Hannah Harrison, born in Dodge City, Kansas, 1884, died 1967 Gilroy, California. she married my great grandfather Charles Ernest Humbarger 3/2/1904 in Douglas, Illinois. my Mom was a Humbarger and her middle name is Harrison and my aunt has one of the Harrison Bibles. one of my cousins is doing research.
I am also related to Benjamin Harrison and Skpjo... sister. My mom's middle name was Harrison and she always said we were related to the Harrison's from Virginia. He is said to have been poisoned by pretended friends.
100 harriosons..? DOJYAAAAN
I am related myself.
The family blood line has founding father Benjamin Harrison- his wife my 7th grandmother Elizabeth basset. Who is the niece of Martha Washington(George Washington wife/ George had no kids of his own)
President William Harrison.
President Benjamin Harrison.
President Abraham Lincoln who is a distant cousin.
Countless mayors of Chicago and governors etc.
The Harrison family of Virginia.
Funnily enough one of your best scripts. Kudos to the writer(s) for such a balanced and clear approach
Benjamin Harrison walked so that Teddy Roosevelt could run
He was a South African legend but not many people knew his heroism🇿🇦
Been looking forward to this one
Benjamin Harrison is not to be fucked with. He was quick, stocky, and efficient with his actions, and according to historian William DeGregorio, he “tackled problems through mastery of detail.”
-from “How To Fight Presidents”, by Daniel O’Brien
Nothing like kicking my morning off with biographies!
"Passed in 1890, the act was the first to authorize trust" *busting,* maybe?
As a Mixed Race lady from the South, I thank God for people like Benjamin Harrison who tried to champion the rights of minorities. I also support keeping American businesses flourishing. Why should our economy suffer just so we can trade openly with other countries??
Now thats a surprise,but a welcome one
A very welcome one
Thanks so much my great grandfather was a Harrison and we are connected to the Harrison family back a ways!
me too. My Mom's middle name is Harrison and my aunt has one of the Harrison Bibles. My grandfathers mother was Florence Hannah Harrison, born in Dodge City, Kansas, 1884, died 1967 Gilroy, California.
okay funniest valentine
I did my Army advanced training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, just outside Indianapolis.
24:37 One who flew over the cookie's nest?
The paen stars guys being related to this president still boggles my mind.
quite a dojyaaaan moment
Truly a napkin moment
@@andrewseegmiller4180 why u replying to a year old comment lmaooo
@FlyGuy5474 cuz I just saw it now lol.
"But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit, at least I did that." - Randle McMurphy
Very fascinating video of a president who is never talked about.
Thank you for making it.
My grandfather was born into a Republican family. He was named for Theodore Roosevelt and Benjamin Harrison. When he got old enough he changed the two names around because he didn't want to be known as TB Keith .
I love Benjamin Harrison, his house is in Indianapolis. It's pretty cool.
One of the country's most interesting characters.
Dojyaan!
If I was an Union soldier under Harrison I'd probably fight like hell all the way to the end until I can fight no more.
Great video!! As always, great nuanced content!
I grew up down the road from his house so it's nice to hear our neighborhood guy get some love.
Good history and great video!
I am related to Benjamin Harrison and the Virginia family of Harrisons.
My 7th grandmother is Elizabeth Basset, who is the wife of founding father Benjamin Harrison and the Niece of Martha Washington. George Washington wife. George Washington never had any kids or his own.
President William Henry Harrison and his Grandson President Benjamin Harrison and Cousin of some sort President Abraham Lincoln are all blood related, with President George Washington through marriage.
A great ancestry bloodline of mine.
Real ones know Funny Valentine was the 23rd President
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Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ …Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’… Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role… Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first… Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals.”
Jojo ref
I never noticed it before, but I think I can actually see the resemblance between him and they guys from Pawn Stars. They're related. I forget if he's a great grandfather or a cousin, but they are directly related.
I just recently learned that Benjamin is my 8th great-grandfather. My goal is to learn as much as I can about him and other family members of ours 😊
8th great grandpa? I'm 46 and William Henry Harrison is my great-great-grandfather and Benjamin Harrison my great grandfather. Unless you're like 2 years old to go 8 generations back you would have to go all the way back to Britain your grandfather eight generations back never would have even saw this country
Can you do an episode on the Lincoln assassination conspirators.