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Carter Henry Harrison Sr. (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.
Dec 27, 2018 · The story of Carter Harrison Sr., Chicago Mayor, Assassinated by Patrick Eugene Prendergast on October 28, 1893. In late 1893, at the moment of the city's and his own greatest triumph, Chicago Mayor Carter Henry Harrison (Democrat) was murdered in his own front hall.
Assassination of Carter Harrison. Known as “the common man's mayor , ” Carter Harrison I (1879–1887, 1893) enjoyed riding through the city's neighborhoods mounted on his white horse and boasted that his office door was “always open.”. Ironically, this policy of easy availability would ultimately prove his demise.
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Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. (February 15, 1825 – October 28, 1893) was an American politician who was mayor of Chicago from 1879 until 1887; he was elected to a fifth term in 1893 but was assassinated before completing his term. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Carter Henry Harrison Senior, who served five terms and eight years as Mayor of Chicago until he was assassinated in 1893, came from a family which was, steeped in American history and political involvement dating back to 1635, when the patriarch of the Harrison family was Clerk of the Virginia Council.
Carter Henry Harrison Sr. (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.
Feb 12, 2019 · Patrick Eugene Prendergast shot and killed Chicago mayor Carter Harrison Sr. on October 28, 1893, in the mayor’s home at what is now a parking lot at 333 S. Ashland. The delusional...
