Harrison administration

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The Harrison administration refers to the U.S. presidency of Benjamin Harrison from 1889 to 1893, marked by high protective tariffs, significant pension legislation for Civil War veterans, and substantial federal spending that earned it the nickname "the Billion-Dollar Congress."

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instanceOf United States presidential administration
presidential administration
cabinetMember Benjamin F. Tracy NERFINISHED
Charles Foster
James G. Blaine
Jeremiah M. Rusk NERFINISHED
John W. Foster
John W. Noble NERFINISHED
Redfield Proctor
Stephen B. Elkins
William H. H. Miller
William Windom
congressNickname Billion-Dollar Congress
country United States
domesticPolicyFocus antitrust regulation
pensions for Union Civil War veterans
protective tariffs
economicPolicy high-tariff Republicanism
election United States presidential election of 1888
United States presidential election of 1892
electionResult Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland in the Electoral College
Benjamin Harrison lost to Grover Cleveland
enacted Dependent and Disability Pension Act
Federal Elections Bill (failed in Senate)
Land Revision Act of 1891
McKinley Tariff
Sherman Antitrust Act
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
endTime 1893
followedBy Cleveland administration (second)
follows Cleveland administration (first)
foreignPolicyEvent Pan-American Conference of 1889–1890
efforts to annex Hawaii (failed)
reciprocity agreements under McKinley Tariff
headOfGovernment Benjamin Harrison
headOfState Benjamin Harrison
historicalEra Gilded Age
judicialAppointment David J. Brewer to the U.S. Supreme Court
George Shiras Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court
Henry Billings Brown to the U.S. Supreme Court
Howell Edmunds Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court
legislativeBody 51st United States Congress
52nd United States Congress
monetaryPolicy increased silver purchases
nickname Billion-Dollar Congress
notableFor expanded Civil War veterans pensions
high protective tariffs
large federal spending
partyInPower Republican Party
positionHeldBy Benjamin F. Tracy as Secretary of the Navy
Charles Foster as Secretary of the Treasury
James G. Blaine as Secretary of State
Jeremiah M. Rusk as Secretary of Agriculture
John W. Foster as Secretary of State
linked to: John W. Foster

John W. Noble as Secretary of the Interior
Redfield Proctor as Secretary of War
Stephen B. Elkins as Secretary of War
William H. H. Miller as Attorney General
William Windom as Secretary of the Treasury
precededBy Cleveland administration (first)
spendingLevel unprecedented peacetime federal expenditures
startTime 1889
supportedBy Benjamin Harrison
vicePresident Levi P. Morton

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Cleveland administration follows Harrison administration
Cleveland administration followedBy Harrison administration