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Benjamin Harrison graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1852 and married Caroline Lavinia Scott the following year; the couple would go on to have two children.

Image: Abraham Lincoln the sixteenth president of the United States, oil on canvas by George P.A. Healy, 1887; in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. 188 x 137.1 cm. ... graduated Miami University, 1852 Image: Portrait of Benjamin Harrison Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-73640) 24 ...

Harrison, 23 rd president of the United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio. Harrison graduated from Miami University in 1852. After studying law for two years, in 1854 Harrison moved to Indianapolis to begin a legal practice. He enthusiastically supported the new Republican Party and soon launched his own political career.