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Harrison, Carter Henry

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Harrison, Carter Henry (1825–1893)

US businessman and mayor. Having made a fortune in Chicago real estate, he turned to public service, becoming a Democrat US representative for Illinois (1875–79). A gifted speaker, the author of several books, a man of personal integrity, and a popular campaigner, he won the support of business people, moderate socialists, and immigrants alike as mayor of Chicago (1880–88, 1893). He was assassinated by a young man whom he had turned down for a job. His son, Carter Henry Harrison, Jr, was a five-term mayor of Chicago (1898–1906, 1912–14). Harrison was born near Lexington, Kentucky.



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