Carter Henry Harrison, Jr.

30th Mayor of Chicago

Carter Henry Harrison, Jr. was the first Chicago-born mayor.

Party

• Democrat

Elected

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

Inaugurations

• First term: April 15, 1897: Inaugural Address
• Second term: April 10, 1899: Inaugural Address not delivered
• Third term: April 8, 1901: Inaugural Address not delivered
• Fourth term: April 20, 1903: Inaugural Address not delivered
• Fifth term: April 17, 1911: Inaugural Address not available

Terms of Office

• First term: 1897–1899
• Second term: 1899–1901
• Third term: 1901–1903
• Fourth term: 1903–1905
• Fifth term: 1911–1915

Birth

• April 23, 1860
• Chicago

Personal

• 1873: Studied in Germany for three years, until his mother’s death
• 1887: Married Edith Ogden, a New Orleans belle; together they had two children
• 1881: Graduated from Loyola University
• Received law degree from Yale University
• 1891: For four years operated the Chicago Times with his brother
• Was a cycling enthusiast
• 1911: Closed down famed Everleigh Club
• Served as a captain with the American Red Cross in France during World War I
• 1933: Appointed collector of internal revenue for the federal government and held the position for 11 years
• 1935: Published an autobiography, Stormy Years

Death

• December 25, 1953
• Chicago

Gravesite

• Graceland Cemetery, Chicago

Sources

• Chicago Daily Tribune, December 26, 1953, p. 1+.
• Chicago Daily Tribune, December 27, 1953, p. 25.
• Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.