Person:Benjamin Harrison (17)

     
Col. Benjamin Harrison, V
m. 1722
  1. Elizabeth HarrisonAbt 1725 - 1775
  2. Col. Benjamin Harrison, V1726 - 1791
  3. Gen. Carter Harrison1732 - 1796
  4. Sarah HarrisonAbt 1738 -
  5. Charles Harrison1740 - 1793
  6. Nathaniel Harrison1742 - 1782
m. Abt 1748
  1. Benjamin HarrisonAbt 1748 - Abt 1785
  2. Tabitha HarrisonAbt 1749 -
  3. Elizabeth HarrisonAbt 1751 - 1791
  4. Anna Harrison1753 - 1821
  5. Lucy HarrisonAbt 1755 -
  6. Carter Bassett HarrisonAbt 1757 - 1808
  7. Nathaniel Harrison1759 -
  8. Sarah HarrisonEst 1765 - 1812
  9. President William Henry Harrison1773 - 1841
Facts and Events
Name Col. Benjamin Harrison, V
Alt Name[1][2] Gov. Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Apr 1726 Charles City, Virginia
Marriage Abt 1748 prob. Charles City County, Virginiato Elizabeth Bassett
Other[1][2] From 1781 to 1784 Virginia, United States5th Governor of Virginia
Death[1] 24 Apr 1791 Berkeley, Charles City, Virginia
Other[1][2] 1791 Virginia, United Stateschosen Governor again, but died before taking office
Reference Number? Q387664?


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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant, and politician who served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following his namesakes’ tradition of public service. He was a signer of the Continental Association, as well as the United States Declaration of Independence, and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784.

Harrison served an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia House of Burgesses, alternately representing Surry County and Charles City County. He was among the early patriots to formally protest measures that King George III and the British Parliament imposed upon the American colonies, leading to the American Revolution. Harrison was a slaveholder, though in 1772 he joined a petition to the king, requesting that he abolish the slave trade.

As a delegate to the Continental Congress and chairman of its Committee of the whole, Harrison attended and presided over the final debate of the Declaration of Independence. He was one of its signers in 1776. The Declaration included a foundational philosophy of the United States: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Harrison was elected as Virginia's fifth governor; his administration was marked by its futile struggle with a state treasury decimated by the Revolutionary War. He later returned to the Virginia House for two final terms. In disagreement with his normal ally George Washington, Harrison in 1788 cast one of his last votes in opposition to the nation's Constitution, for its lack of a bill of rights. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia. Two of his descendants became United States presidents—son William Henry Harrison and great-grandson Benjamin Harrison.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Benjamin Harrison V, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Benjamin Harrison, in Haymond, Henry. History of Harrison County, West Virginia: from earliest days of northwestern Virginia to the present. (Morgantown, West Virginia: Acme Publishing, 1910)
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