 1825 - 1893 (68 years)
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| Name |
Carter Henry Harrison [1] |
| Title |
III |
| Birth |
15 Feb 1825 |
Elk Hill, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
28 Oct 1893 |
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [1] |
| Burial |
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [1] |
| Person ID |
I19121 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family 1 |
Sophonisba Grayson Preston, b. 27 Oct 1833, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA d. Sep 1876, Germany (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage |
12 Apr 1855 |
Henderson, Kentucky, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Carolina Dudley "Lina" Harrison, b. 28 Mar 1857, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA d. 21 Feb 1943, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 85 years) [natural] |
| | 2. IV Carter Henry Harrison, b. 23 Apr 1860, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 25 Dec 1953, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 93 years) [natural] |
| | 3. William Preston Harrison, b. 12 Apr 1869, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 28 Jun 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 71 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Sophie Harrison [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F7258 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- B.A., Yale, 1845. Member, 44th and 45th Congresses, 1875-79. Five times
elected mayor of Chicago.
Carter Harrison came to Chicago because he saw it as a land of opportunity. As mayor, he believed that Chicagoans' two major desires were to make money and to spend it. During his administrations, Chicago's vice districts blossomed and special maps were printed to enable tourists to find their way from brothel to brothel. The name of one Chicago saloon-keeper of the time entered the English language as a term for a strong or laced drink intended to render unconsciousness: Mickey Finn. The night of the Haymarket Riot, Harrison walked unmolested through the crowd of anarchists and advised the police to leave the demonstrators alone. The riot was sparked by a policeman who disobeyed Harrison's directive. Harrison was re-elected in time for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. His desire was to show the world the true Chicago and he appointed 1st Ward Alderman "Bathhouse" John Coughlin to sit on the reception committee. On October 28, 1893, three days before the close of the Exposition, Harrison was murdered in his home by Eugene Patrick Prendergast, a disgruntled office seeker. Prendergast was hanged on July 13, 1894. Harrison was Chicago's first five-time elected mayor. Eventually his son, Carter Harrison, Jr. would be elected mayor five times.
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| Sources |
- [S54] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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