1959 BENJAMIN HARRISON - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1045 Plate Block of 4 x 12 cents US Postage Stamps

On June 6 1959 in Oxford OH, the USPS honored Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States. Harrison, a Republican, was elected to the presidency in 1888, defeating the Democratic incumbent, Grover Cleveland. He is the only president from the state of Indiana. His presidential administration is most remembered for its economic legislation, including the McKinley Tariff and the Sherman Antitrust Act, and for annual federal spending that reached one billion dollars for the first time. Democrats attacked the "Billion Dollar Congress", and used the issue, along with the growing unpopularity of the high tariff, to defeat the Republicans, both in the 1890 mid-term elections and in Harrison's bid for reelection in 1892. He also saw the admittance of six states into the Union. Benjamin Harrison was born on Aug 20, 1833 and died on March 13, 1901 at the age of 67.