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Carter Harrison III
Carter Henry Harrison III (February 15, 1825 – October 28, 1893) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1879 until 1887 and from 1893 until his assassination. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, and one term on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Harrison was a working-class aligned populist, and attained much political support among the labor unionists and Catholic white-ethnic immigrants of the city. While wealthy himself, Harrison fell into political disfavor among many of the city's business elites in his late political career. He was the father of Carter Harrison IV, who himself served five terms as the mayor of Chicago.
A 1994 survey of experts on Chicago politics assessed Harrison as one of the ten best mayors in the city's history (up to that time).
Carter Henry Harrison was born on a plantation on February 15, 1825, in rural Fayette County, Kentucky near Lexington, Kentucky to Carter Henry Harrison II and Caroline Russell. He was birthed in his family's home, a log cabin (as one obituary would remark, "he saw the light in a log hut in a canebrake in Fayette County.") When Harrison was merely eight months old, his father died.
Harrison's family had a long Southern lineage, dating back to early colonial Virginia. He had ancestry in the Harrison family of Virginia, the Randolph family of Virginia, Carter family of Virginia, and Cabell family of Virginia. Harrison was a descendant of Richard A. Harrison, (a lieutenant general to Oliver Cromwell during the First English Civil War who had been involved in carrying out the execution of Charles I). His great-great-grandfather was Charles Harrison (brother to Carter Henry Harrison I and founding father Benjamin Harrison V, and a cousin of president Thomas Jefferson). Carter Harrison III was a cousin of U.S. Vice President John C. Breckinridge, and was a first cousin twice removed of U.S. President William Henry Harrison (thus making him also related to U.S. President Benjamin Harrison).
Harrison was educated by private tutors. At the age of fifteen, he began to be tutored by Louis Marshall. Harrison graduated from Yale College in 1845 as a member of Scroll and Key. He graduated from Yale in 1851. Following graduation, he traveled the world and studied in Europe from 1851 to 1853. His travels took him to England, Ireland, Scotland, and elsewhere. He also visited Egypt and accompanied Bayard Taylor to explore Syria and Asia Minor. After his world travels, he entered Transylvania College in Lexington in 1853, where he earned a law degree in 1855.
In 1855, Harrison wed his first wife, Sophy Preston. While traveling North for their honeymoon, Harrison stopped in Chicago and decided to settle there. He had decided to settle in Chicago because he saw it as a land of opportunity. At the time, he inherited the Kentucky plantation and almost 100 slaves but sold it away in order to be done with slavery.
After settling in Chicago, Harrison invested in real estate in Chicago, and became a millionaire. Harrison was also admitted to the bar in 1855, and commenced practice once he settled in Chicago.
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Carter Harrison III
Carter Henry Harrison III (February 15, 1825 – October 28, 1893) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1879 until 1887 and from 1893 until his assassination. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, and one term on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Harrison was a working-class aligned populist, and attained much political support among the labor unionists and Catholic white-ethnic immigrants of the city. While wealthy himself, Harrison fell into political disfavor among many of the city's business elites in his late political career. He was the father of Carter Harrison IV, who himself served five terms as the mayor of Chicago.
A 1994 survey of experts on Chicago politics assessed Harrison as one of the ten best mayors in the city's history (up to that time).
Carter Henry Harrison was born on a plantation on February 15, 1825, in rural Fayette County, Kentucky near Lexington, Kentucky to Carter Henry Harrison II and Caroline Russell. He was birthed in his family's home, a log cabin (as one obituary would remark, "he saw the light in a log hut in a canebrake in Fayette County.") When Harrison was merely eight months old, his father died.
Harrison's family had a long Southern lineage, dating back to early colonial Virginia. He had ancestry in the Harrison family of Virginia, the Randolph family of Virginia, Carter family of Virginia, and Cabell family of Virginia. Harrison was a descendant of Richard A. Harrison, (a lieutenant general to Oliver Cromwell during the First English Civil War who had been involved in carrying out the execution of Charles I). His great-great-grandfather was Charles Harrison (brother to Carter Henry Harrison I and founding father Benjamin Harrison V, and a cousin of president Thomas Jefferson). Carter Harrison III was a cousin of U.S. Vice President John C. Breckinridge, and was a first cousin twice removed of U.S. President William Henry Harrison (thus making him also related to U.S. President Benjamin Harrison).
Harrison was educated by private tutors. At the age of fifteen, he began to be tutored by Louis Marshall. Harrison graduated from Yale College in 1845 as a member of Scroll and Key. He graduated from Yale in 1851. Following graduation, he traveled the world and studied in Europe from 1851 to 1853. His travels took him to England, Ireland, Scotland, and elsewhere. He also visited Egypt and accompanied Bayard Taylor to explore Syria and Asia Minor. After his world travels, he entered Transylvania College in Lexington in 1853, where he earned a law degree in 1855.
In 1855, Harrison wed his first wife, Sophy Preston. While traveling North for their honeymoon, Harrison stopped in Chicago and decided to settle there. He had decided to settle in Chicago because he saw it as a land of opportunity. At the time, he inherited the Kentucky plantation and almost 100 slaves but sold it away in order to be done with slavery.
After settling in Chicago, Harrison invested in real estate in Chicago, and became a millionaire. Harrison was also admitted to the bar in 1855, and commenced practice once he settled in Chicago.