Harrison administration

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The Harrison administration refers to the U.S. presidency of Benjamin Harrison from 1889 to 1893, marked by high protective tariffs, significant pension legislation for Civil War veterans, and substantial federal spending that earned it the nickname "the Billion-Dollar Congress."

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Harrison administration canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential administration ⓘ
presidential administration ⓘ
cabinetMember Benjamin F. Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Foster ⓘ
James G. Blaine ⓘ
Jeremiah M. Rusk NERFINISHED ⓘ
John W. Foster ⓘ
John W. Noble NERFINISHED ⓘ
Redfield Proctor ⓘ
Stephen B. Elkins ⓘ
William H. H. Miller ⓘ
William Windom ⓘ
congressNickname Billion-Dollar Congress ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
domesticPolicyFocus antitrust regulation ⓘ
pensions for Union Civil War veterans ⓘ
protective tariffs ⓘ
economicPolicy high-tariff Republicanism ⓘ
election United States presidential election of 1888 ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1892 ⓘ
electionResult Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland in the Electoral College ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison lost to Grover Cleveland ⓘ
enacted Dependent and Disability Pension Act ⓘ
Federal Elections Bill (failed in Senate) ⓘ
Land Revision Act of 1891 ⓘ
McKinley Tariff ⓘ
Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Sherman Silver Purchase Act ⓘ
endTime 1893 ⓘ
followedBy Cleveland administration (second) ⓘ
follows Cleveland administration (first) ⓘ
foreignPolicyEvent Pan-American Conference of 1889–1890 ⓘ
efforts to annex Hawaii (failed) ⓘ
reciprocity agreements under McKinley Tariff ⓘ
headOfGovernment Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
headOfState Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
historicalEra Gilded Age ⓘ
judicialAppointment David J. Brewer to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
George Shiras Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
Henry Billings Brown to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
Howell Edmunds Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
legislativeBody 51st United States Congress ⓘ
52nd United States Congress ⓘ
monetaryPolicy increased silver purchases ⓘ
nickname Billion-Dollar Congress ⓘ
notableFor expanded Civil War veterans pensions ⓘ
high protective tariffs ⓘ
large federal spending ⓘ
partyInPower Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeldBy Benjamin F. Tracy as Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Charles Foster as Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
James G. Blaine as Secretary of State ⓘ
Jeremiah M. Rusk as Secretary of Agriculture ⓘ
John W. Foster as Secretary of State ⓘ
linked to: John W. Foster

John W. Noble as Secretary of the Interior ⓘ
Redfield Proctor as Secretary of War ⓘ
Stephen B. Elkins as Secretary of War ⓘ
William H. H. Miller as Attorney General ⓘ
William Windom as Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
precededBy Cleveland administration (first) ⓘ
spendingLevel unprecedented peacetime federal expenditures ⓘ
startTime 1889 ⓘ
supportedBy Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
vicePresident Levi P. Morton ⓘ

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Cleveland administration → follows → Harrison administration ⓘ
Cleveland administration → followedBy → Harrison administration ⓘ