3277610 USA: Benjamin Harrison (1833 ? 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. Photographic portrait, 1896; (add.info.: Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 ? March 13, 1901) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893; he was the grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison. Before ascending to the presidency, Harrison established himself as a prominent local attorney, Presbyterian church leader and politician in Indianapolis, Indiana. During the American Civil War, he served the Union as a colonel and on February 14, 1865 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers.); Pictures from History.