(February 15, 1825October 28, 1893) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1879 until 1887; he was subsequently elected to a fifth term in 1893 but was assassinated before completing the term.
Following graduation, he traveled and studied in Europe from 1851 to 1853 before entering Transylvania College in Lexington, where he earned a law degree in 1855.
Following graduation, he traveled and studied in Europe from 1851 to 1853 before entering Transylvania College in Lexington, where he earned a law degree in 1855.
Following graduation, he traveled and studied in Europe from 1851 to 1853 before entering Transylvania College in Lexington, where he earned a law degree in 1855.
Harrison was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Chicago.
In 1855 he and his family came to Chicago because he saw it as a land of opportunity. Harrison invested in real estate in Chicago.
One of his first acts in politics was convincing Joseph Medill to run for mayor in 1871.
Later, during Harrison's own career in citywide politics, Medill, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, would come to be a political rival of Harrison's. Harrison ran an unsuccessful campaign in 1872 for election to the 43rd United States Congress.
Stearns in 1882, following the death of his first wife in 1876.
She died in Europe in 1876. After being widowed, Harrison married Margarette (or Margaret) E.
(February 15, 1825October 28, 1893) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1879 until 1887; he was subsequently elected to a fifth term in 1893 but was assassinated before completing the term.
He governed the city in cooperation with a fractious Democratic Party organization. Harrison was a delegate to the 1880 and 1884 Democratic National Conventions. At the 1884 convention, held in Chicago, Harrison supported Grover Cleveland for the nomination.
Stearns in 1882, following the death of his first wife in 1876.
He governed the city in cooperation with a fractious Democratic Party organization. Harrison was a delegate to the 1880 and 1884 Democratic National Conventions. At the 1884 convention, held in Chicago, Harrison supported Grover Cleveland for the nomination.
Harrison was also alleged to have ordered the Chicago police to fill the convention hall's convention hall with as many men sympathetic to Cleveland's candidacy as they could find on the street. In 1884, Harrison ran for governor of Illinois, losing to Republican Richard J.
The night of the Haymarket Riot in 1886, which had been sparked by a bomb (reportedly thrown at police by anarchists) that killed seven police officers, Harrison walked unmolested through the crowd of anarchists and advised the police to leave the demonstrators alone.
(February 15, 1825October 28, 1893) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1879 until 1887; he was subsequently elected to a fifth term in 1893 but was assassinated before completing the term.
Oglesby. Harrison's tenure as mayor formally ended on April 18, 1887. ===Retirement from politics=== Harrison retired from politics.
He was widowed again when she died in 1887. At the time of his assassination, Harrison was engaged to a young New Orleans heiress named Annie Howard, daughter of Louisiana State Lottery Company organizer Charles T.
He soon embarked on a sixteen-month world tour. In 1890, Harrison and his daughter took a vacation trip from Chicago to Yellowstone National Park and Alaska.
His letters from the trip were first published in the Chicago Tribune and later compiled into an 1891 book, A Summer's Outing and The Old Man's Story. After leaving office, Harrison was owner and editor of the Chicago Times from 1891 to 1893, where he continued to advocate for labor unions and the many Catholic and immigrant communities in Chicago. Harrison married Margarette (or Margaret) E.
Stearns. ===Unsuccessful 1891 mayoral campaign=== Harrison unsuccessfully sought to stage a comeback, running in the 1891 Chicago mayoral election. ===Second mayoralty (1893)=== Harrison was re-elected mayor in 1893, in time for the World's Columbian Exposition being held in the city.
(February 15, 1825October 28, 1893) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1879 until 1887; he was subsequently elected to a fifth term in 1893 but was assassinated before completing the term.
His letters from the trip were first published in the Chicago Tribune and later compiled into an 1891 book, A Summer's Outing and The Old Man's Story. After leaving office, Harrison was owner and editor of the Chicago Times from 1891 to 1893, where he continued to advocate for labor unions and the many Catholic and immigrant communities in Chicago. Harrison married Margarette (or Margaret) E.
Stearns. ===Unsuccessful 1891 mayoral campaign=== Harrison unsuccessfully sought to stage a comeback, running in the 1891 Chicago mayoral election. ===Second mayoralty (1893)=== Harrison was re-elected mayor in 1893, in time for the World's Columbian Exposition being held in the city.
Prendergast was sentenced to death for the crime and hanged on July 13, 1894. While Harrison died at a time when the elites, Protestants, and Republicans of all kinds greatly disliked him, he never lost his core supporters of labor unions, Catholics, immigrants, and the working class.
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