Presidential Chronicles

Episode #234: Benjamin Harrison #9: Foreign Affairs, and Losses (1890-1893)


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Benjamin Harrison #9: Foreign Affairs, and Losses (1890-1893); Topics covered include: Presidency, travel, reciprocity trade deals, civil war in Chile, modernization of the U.S. Navy, Caroline Harrison becomes ill, election of 1892, receives the Republican nomination, quiet campaign, Caroline Harrison dies, and loses the election


Key people: James Blaine, William McKinley, Winfield Schley, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Louis Michener, John Sherman, Whitelaw Reid, and James Weaver


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Presidential ChroniclesBy David Fisher