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Harrison was seven years old when his grandfather was elected U.S. president, but he did not attend [[Inauguration of William Henry Harrison|the inauguration]].{{sfn|Calhoun|2005|p=8}} His family was distinguished, but his parents were not wealthy. John Scott Harrison, a two-term [[United State Congress|U.S. congressman]] from [[Ohio]], spent much of his farm income on his children's education.{{sfnm|Calhoun|2005|1p=9|Sievers|1968|2loc=v. 1, pp. 21–23}}{{sfn|Boomhower|p=49}} Despite the family's modest resources, Harrison's boyhood was enjoyable, much of it spent outdoors fishing or hunting.{{sfn|Sievers|1968|loc=v. 1|pp=22–23}}
Harrison's early schooling took place in a log cabin near his home,{{sfn|Calhoun|2005|p=10}} but his parents later arranged for a tutor to help him with college preparatory studies.{{sfn|Sievers|1968|loc=v. 1|pp=24–29}} Fourteen-year-old Benjamin and his older brother, Irwin, enrolled in [[Farmer's College]] near [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, in 1847.{{sfn|Sievers|1968|loc=v. 1|pp=29–30}} He attended the college for two years{{sfn|Wallace|1888|p=53}}{{efn|name=Farmer's College}} and while there met his future wife, [[Caroline Harrison|Caroline "Carrie" Lavinia Scott]]
Harrison transferred to [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]], in 1850, and graduated in 1852.{{sfn|Moore|Hale|2006|pp=21–23}}{{sfn|Sievers|1968|loc=v. 1, p. 58}} He joined the [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity, which he used as a network for much of his life. He was also a member of [[Delta Chi]], a law fraternity that permitted dual membership.<ref name="fraternities" /> Classmates included [[John Alexander Anderson]],{{sfn|Calhoun|2005|p=23}} who became a six-term U.S. congressman, and [[Whitelaw Reid]], Harrison's vice presidential running mate in 1892. At Miami, Harrison was strongly influenced by history and political economy professor [[Robert Hamilton Bishop]].{{sfnm|Calhoun|2005|1pp=10–11|Sievers|1968|2loc=v. 1, pp. 31–34}} He also joined a [[Presbyterian]] church at college and, like his mother, became a lifelong Presbyterian.{{sfn|Wallace|1888|p=58}}
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