WebVice President John Tyler, a fellow Virginian and Berkeley neighbor, succeeded him. William Henry's grandson, Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901), was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Benjamin served in the U.S. Senate and was elected president in 1888 after defeating incumbent Grover Cleveland.

WebHenry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state, also receiving electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He helped found …

WebHenry Billings Brown (March 2, 1836 – September 4, 1913) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1891 to 1906.. Although a respected lawyer and U.S. District Judge before ascending to the high court, Brown is harshly criticized for writing the majority opinion in Plessy v.Ferguson, widely regarded as one of the most ill …

WebJohn Tyler Sr. (February 28, 1747 – January 6, 1813) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and judge who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and became 15th Governor of Virginia and later United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia. Nonetheless, he may be best known as the father of President …

WebBenjamin Harrison (North Bend, 20 agosto 1833 – Indianapolis, 13 marzo 1901) è stato un politico statunitense. È stato il 23º Presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America; la sua presidenza si inserisce tra le due presidenze di Grover Cleveland ... · Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) · William Henry Harrison (1841-1841) · John Tyler ...

WebBenjamin Harrison, né le 20 août 1833 dans le comté de Hamilton (Ohio) et mort le 13 mars 1901 à Indianapolis (), est un militaire, juriste et homme d'État américain.Il est le 23 e président des États-Unis, en fonction de 1889 à 1893.. Petit-fils du 9 e président américain William Henry Harrison, il passe son enfance dans l'Ohio avant de s'installer à …

WebHenry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American musician, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. He hosts a weekly radio show on KCRW, is a regular columnist for Rolling Stone Australia, and was a regular columnist for LA Weekly.. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of …

WebRichard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed.He also …

WebHenry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles. His painting Daniel in the Lions' Den (1895, location unknown) was accepted into the 1896 …

WebHenry Plummer (1832–1864) was a prospector, lawman, and outlaw in the American West in the 1850s and 1860s, who was known to have killed several men. He was elected sheriff of Bannack, Montana, in 1863 and served until 1864, during which period he was accused of being the leader of a "road agent" gang of outlaws known as the "Innocents," who preyed …