Watch the Webcast Benjamin Harrison Day 2003 Official Pardon 138 mb | 40 minutes

Overview
On March 4th 1889 Benjamin Harrison was inaugurated as the 23rd President of the United States; to date Harrison is the only Hoosier to become President.

The celebration will include a proclamation from the Governor's Office and a Judicial Pardon from the Supreme Court (Harrison left his office as Reporter of the Supreme Court to serve as a Colonel of the 70th Indiana in the Civil War and the court stripped him of his office). Mr. Benjamin Harrison himself along with his friend James Whitcomb Riley will be present for the festivities.

The presentation of the Judicial pardon by Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard took place in the Supreme Court courtroom and is available to view as a webcast above.

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Benjamin Harrison	Harrison Home	Map of U.S. during the era
Painted by Matthew Brady

Contact the State House tour office (email: captours@odpa.state.in.us) or the President Benjamin Harrison home (email: education@presidentbenjaminharrison.org) for tour information.

Supporting Materials
Some of the documents below are available in Adobe PDF format only. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view them.

• Biography of Benjamin Harrison
• President Harrison's speech at the dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument
• Proclamation Establishing Benjamin Harrison Day
  Executive Order from Governor Frank O'Bannon
• Harrison and Kerr v. Jones
  • Kerr v. Jones  19 Ind. 351 (1862) [OPINION]
  • Reporter's Comments  275 Ind. v (1985)
• Benjamin Harrison Timeline - The Politician
• Benjamin Harrison Timeline - The Man
• James Whitcomb Riley poems
  • A Monument for the Soldiers
  • Little Orphan Annie
• Indiana to pardon President Harrison
  Indianapolis Star Article