Caroline Harrison
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Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison (born October 1, 1832 in Oxford , Ohio , † October 25, 1892 in the White House , Washington, DC ) was the wife of US President Benjamin Harrison and the First Lady of the United States from 1889 until her death.
Her nickname was "Carrie". She was the second daughter of Mary Potts Neal and Reverend John W. Scott. On October 20, 1853, she married the law student and later President Benjamin Harrison. The couple had two children: Russel Benjamin (1854-1936) and Mary Scott (1858-1930).
Caroline contracted tuberculosis while serving as first lady and died a few weeks before her husband lost the election for a second term. For the remaining months of Harrison's tenure, her daughter, Mary Harrison McKee, served as first lady.
Web links
- Biography on the White House website
- Caroline Harrison in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
literature
- Merry Ellen Scofield: Rose Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Mary McKee. In Katherine AS Sibley (Ed.): A Companion to First Ladies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2016, ISBN 978-1-118-73222-9 , pp. 265-282.
- Anne Chieko Moore: Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison , New York 2004, Nova Publications
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| SURNAME | Harrison, Caroline |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scott Harrison, Caroline Lavinia (full name); Harrison, Carrie (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American first lady |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1892 |
| Place of death | White House , Washington, DC |