Carter Harrison, Sr.
Carter Harrison, Sr. was born on February 15, 1825. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Carter Harrison, Sr.
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…