Carter Henry Harrison, Jr.
30th Mayor of Chicago

First Chicago-born mayor

Party:
Democrat

Elected:
1st term:
April 6, 1897
Defeated Nathaniel C. Sears (Republican), John Maynard Harlan (Independent Republican) and six others including John Glambock (Socialist Labor) and Washington Hesing (Independent Democrat)
2nd term:
April 4, 1899
Defeated Zina R. Carter (Republican), John P. Altgeld (Municipal Ownership) and three others
3rd term:
April 2, 1901
Defeated Elbridge Hanecy (Republican), John Collins (Socialist), Avery E. Hoyt (Prohibition), Gus Hoyt (Socialist Democrat), John R. Pepin (Socialist Labor) and Thomas Rhodes (Single Tax) 
4th term:
April 7, 1903
Defeated Graeme Stewart (Republican), Charles L. Breckon (Socialist), Daniel L. Cruice (Independent Labor), Thomas L. Haines (Prohibition) and Henry Sale (Socialist-Labor)
5th term:
February 28, 1911 (primary)
Defeated Edward F. Dunne and Andrew J. Graham
April 4, 1911 (general)
Defeated Charles Merriam (Republican), William A. Brubaker (Prohibition), A. Prince (Socialist Labor) and  W. E. Rodriguez (Socialist)

Inaugurations:
1st term: April 15, 1897: Inaugural Address
2nd term: April 10, 1899: Inaugural Address not delivered
3rd term: April 8, 1901: Inaugural Address not delivered
4th term: April 20, 1903: Inaugural Address not delivered
5th term: April 17, 1911: Inaugural Address not available

Terms of office:
1st term: 1897-1899
2nd term: 1899-1901
3rd term: 1901-1903
4th term: 1903-1905
5th term: 1911-1915

Birth:
April 23, 1860
Chicago, IL

Personal:
1873 – Studied in Germany for three years, until his mother’s death
1887 – Married Edith Ogden, a New Orleans belle, together had 2 children
1881- Graduated from Loyola University
Received law degree from Yale University
1891 – For 4 years operated the Chicago Times with his brother
Was a cycling enthusiast
1911 – Closed down famed Everleigh Club
During WWI served as captain with the American Red Cross in France
1933 - Appointed collector of internal revenue for the federal government, held position for 11 years
1935 – Published his autobiography, Stormy Years

Death:
December 25, 1953
Chicago, IL

Gravesite:
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago

Sources:
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Dec. 26, 1953, pg. 1+.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Dec. 27, 1953, pg. 25.