Background
Harrison, Benjamin was born on December 18, 1888 in San Bernardino, California, United States. Son of John and Emma Margaret (Bangerter) Harrison.
Harrison, Benjamin was born on December 18, 1888 in San Bernardino, California, United States. Son of John and Emma Margaret (Bangerter) Harrison.
Graduate San Bernardino High School, 1909. Studied law privately.
Born in San Bernardino, California, Harrison read law to enter the bar in 1914. He was in private practice in Needles, California from 1917 to 1923, and in San Bernardino, California from 1923 to 1937, and was city attorney of Needles from 1918 to 1937. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1937 to 1940.
On June 11, 1940, Harrison was nominated by President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California created by 54 Statistics
219, 220. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 22, 1940, and received his commission on June 26, 1940. He served as chief judge in 1959, and continued to serve on the court until his death, in 1960.
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Member of law firm Duckworth & Harrison. Member Board Education, San Bernardino, 1928-1932. President United States Attorneys Conference Association, Washington, District of Columbia, 1939.
Member Native Sons of the Golden West, Los Angeles Alumni Senate, Delta Theta Phi (honorary).
Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner), Elk.
Married Bess Lenore Guyre, August 21, 1912 (divorced). Married second, Faye Curtis, December 26, 1931. Children: John Robert, Margaret Elizabeth (deceased).