Governor of Ohio and future U.S. President
Fourth at the Fair, Part 7: Salute of the Flags
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.
United States Presidents Who Visited the 1893 World’s Fair
Greeting ex-President Benjamin Harrison when he visited the Indiana State Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago [Image from the Chicago Inter Ocean September 28, 1893.] Thirteen men who served as President of the United States lived at the time of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Five of them are known to have visited Chicago to see the Fair. Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) 19th U.S. President (Republican) from March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881. Rutherford [...]