Benjamin Harrison Administration - Harrison's Advisers
Harrison's Advisers
As president, Harrison did what he had done for most of his life, he depended primarily on his own counsel when making decisions. He consulted cabinet heads on actions affecting their departments, but he never relied heavily on their advice nor did he rely on recommendations from informal advisers. In deferring to party politics, Harrison named the powerful Blaine as secretary of state, but chose persons much like himself for other cabinet positions, even though powerful Republicans opposed them. Harrison's unwillingness to appoint men to office that other powerful Republicans favored made him many enemies in his own party.
Harrison appointed his best friend, William Henry Harrison Miller attorney general, but even though Harrison was at ease with Miller, his old companion did not exert any special influence on the president. The same could be said of a trusted college classmate in Congress, Representative...
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