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:
“I have often felt as though I had inherited all the defiance and all the passions with which our ancestors defended their Temple and could gladly sacrifice my life for one great moment in history. And at the same time I always felt so helpless and incapable of expressing these ardent passions even by a word or a poem.”
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
“Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 22:28.
“The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the present moment; and we falsely make them excuses of the very habit which they hated and defied.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)