President Benjamin Harrison, that is. Harrison, an 1852 graduate of Miami University (OH) who had married the president’s daughter, was the first U.S. president to attend a baseball game, June 7th, 1892. Shown here is a baseball card of Bob Caruthers from the Benjamin K. Edwards collection at Wikipedia Commons.
President attends baseball game
June 7, 2009 by Cleve
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