Benjamin Harrison won the White House by receiving the electoral majority, but losing the popular vote

Benjamin Harrison was accomplished in law, served during the Civil War and became the 23rd president of the United States. When he ran again, he lost to Grover Cleveland, whom he defeated in 1888.

Benjamin Harrison was born on Aug. 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio. After practicing law, serving as a colonel of the 70th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and being in the Senate through the 1880s, he was elected as the 23rd president of the United States. (Kean Collection/Getty Images) Harrison, a Republican, defeated incumbent Democratic President Grover Cleveland during the election of 1888. (Interim Archives/Getty Images) During the 1888 election, Harrison received 100,000 fewer popular votes than Cleveland, but won the electoral vote 233 to 168. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) In 1892, Harrison lost the election to Cleveland. Following his presidency, he returned to Indianapolis, where he continued to practice law. Harrison died on March 13, 1901. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Today, a statue of Harrison stands in University Park in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It was created by artist Charles Henry Niehaus. (iStock) Benjamin Harrison's home in Indianapolis is now the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. Harrison's home was built in the 1870s and has 16 rooms. Residents and tourists can schedule times to visit the home on N Delaware St. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Ashlyn Messier is a writer for Fox News Digital. 

Harrison studied at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated in 1852. Upon graduation, he went to Indianapolis, where he practiced law and campaigned for the Republican Party. 

In 1853, he married future first lady Caroline Lavinia Scott. The pair had two children, Russell and Mary.