Ancestors
Many of his family members were politicians:
- Great-great-great grandfather, Benjamin Harrison V, signed the United States Declaration of Independence
- Great-great-grandfather, William Henry Harrison, served as the 9th U.S. President
- Great-grandfather, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio (1853–1857)
- Grandfather, Benjamin Harrison, served as the 23rd President.
- Grandfather, Alvin Saunders, United States Senator from Nebraska.
- Father, Russell Benjamin Harrison, member of the Indiana General Assembly
Read more about this topic: William H. Harrison (Wyoming Congressman)
Famous quotes containing the word ancestors:
“Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 22:28.
“... no human being is master of his fate, and ... we are all motivated far more than we care to admit by characteristics inherited from our ancestors which individual experiences of childhood can modify, repress, or enhance, but cannot erase.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)
“Our ancestors ... possessed a right, which nature has given to all men, of departing from the country in which chance, not choice has placed them.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)