Carter Henry Harrison, Sr.
24th Mayor of Chicago

Party:
Democrat

Elected:
1st term:
April 1, 1879
Defeated Abner M. Wright (Republican) and Ernst Schmidt (Socialist Labor)

2nd term:
April 5, 1881
Defeated John M. Clark (Republican), Timothy O'Meara (Independent) and George Schilling (Socialist Labor)

3rd term:
April 3, 1883
Defeated Eugene Cary (Republican)

4th term:
April 7, 1885
Defeated Sidney Smith (Republican) & William Bush (Prohibition)

5th term:
April 4, 1893
Defeated Samuel W. Allerton (Republican), Dewitt C. Cregier (Link to Dewitt C. Cregier page)  (Union Citizens) & Henry Ehrenpreis (socialist Labor)

Inaugurations:
1st term: April 28, 1879: Inaugural Address
2nd term: May 9, 1881: Inaugural Address
3rd term: May 14, 1883: Inaugural Address not available
4th term: June 8, 1885: Inaugural Address not available
5th term: April 17, 1893: Inaugural Address 

Terms of office:
1st term: 1879-1881
2nd term: 1881-1883
3rd term: 1883-1885
4th term: 1885-1887
5th term: 1893

Birth:
February 15, 1825
Near Lexington, KY

Personal:
Related to both Presidents William Henry Harrison and Thomas Jefferson
1845 - Graduated from Yale University
1855 - Married Miss Sophy Preston, who died in Europe in 1876
1874 - Elected to the first board of County Commissioners
1875 - Elected Congressman for second district of Illinois, re-elected
1882 - Married Miss Marguerite E. Stearns who died shortly after
Had 10 children, but survived 6 of them.
At the time of his death, engaged to marry 25 year old Miss Howard, a New Orleans heiress worth 3 million dollars
1893 – Assassinated night before close of World’s Columbian Exhibition by Patrick Eugene Prendergast

Death:
October 28, 1893
Chicago, IL

Gravesite:
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago

Sources:
Andreas, A. T.  History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884-86.
Dodge, Andrew R. and Betty K. Koed, editors. Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 : the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, inclusive. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2005.
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Oct. 29, 1893, pg. 1.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Oct. 29, 1893, pg. 3.