Twenty-third U.S. President, great grandson of William Henry Harrison. Served through the Civil War, brevetted brigadier general. U.S. Senator elected president 1889.

ALS, 2 individual sheets, 8vo., Indianapolis, Indiana, Dec. 9, 1880, on decorative letterhead of the "Law Office of Harrison, Hines and Miller" Harrison writes to Carl R. M. Kelly of Louisville. He responds to an editorial in the Louisville Commercial of the previous day.

"Your editorial on the senatorial question in Indiana is so very kind and complimentary to me...The attempt to make it appear that there was or could be any personal unfriendliness between (?) and me was the work of those who were not friends to either of us. His withdrawal sets many mutual friends free to act for me."

In 1880 Harrison was chairman of the Indiana delegation to the Republican National Convention. Here he played a leading role in nominating Garfield for President. Harrison was suggested as a alternate presidential candidate but refused as he had been elected to US Senate that year. An interesting correspondence with good political association. Excellent. (#PVP1112)