Harrison, Lindley Miller

Harrison was born in Camden (New Jersey) , New Jersey and attended public schools and the Protestant Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He studied at the Phillips Exeter Academy for one year, before attending Harvard University as a special student from 1884 to 1885, studied law at the Redding, Jones and Carson Philadelphia offices, received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar in 1886 year; He practiced law in Camden from 1888 to 1898 and became a partner in Harrison, McManus and Enright in Jersey City. In 1899, he married Margaret Hildeburn. Harrison served as vice-chancellor of New Jersey from 1904 to 1913, where Governor Woodrow Wilson drew attention to him.

From March 5, 1913 to February 10, 1916, Harrison served as Minister of War in the presidential administration Woodrow Wilson. Harrison and Wilson had different views on military issues. Harrison was much more prepared for military intervention abroad than the president. This was especially evident in Mexico. Harrison called for intervention in the Mexican revolution to restore order. In readiness for the 1916 campaign, when Wilson tried to persuade Congress to raise military spending, Harrison supported the plan to expand the US military with what he called the Continental Army. Harrison's proposal to create a standing army of 140,000 and nationally, on a voluntary basis, reserve forces of 400,000 people, Wilson initially reacted coolly, but Harrison encountered people from outside as those who thought his plan went too far in creating a large regular army, as well as those who felt that it was not going far enough. Wilson was convinced by the Allies in Congress for a contingency alternative plan, which emphasized not the garrison's national volunteer force, but still a role for the National Guard states. Harrison resigned in February 1916 for these differences.

After the departure of the Wilson administration, Harrison returned to law practice at Hornblower, Miller and Harrison. He was appointed successor to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company in December 1918 and served until June 1923. Died Oct. 19, 1932, at his home in C. Bright, New Jersey.