HARRISON, JOHN SCOTT, (son of President William Henry Harrison of Ohio, grandson of
Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, father of President Benjamin Harrison of
Indiana, and great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison of Wyoming), a Representative from Ohio; born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind.,
October 4, 1804; completed preparatory studies; studied medicine but abandoned
the profession; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Whig to the
Thirty-third Congress and reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the
Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection; retired to his estate ``Point Farm,'' near North Bend, Ohio,
and died there May 25, 1878; interment in the Harrison Tomb, North Bend, Ohio.
