Mayor Carter H. Harrison
Carter H. Harrison
Mayor of Chicago,
As a Slight Tribute
from the Author.
December 1st
1913
Biography:
Mayor Harrison of Chicago (Carter Henry Harrison IV)
Born: April 23, 1860
Died: December 25, 1953
Carter Henry Harrison served five terms as the mayor of Chicago from 1897-1905 and 1911-1915, and was the first Chicago-native mayor of the city. He received his bachelor's degree from Loyola University in 1881, and received his law degree from Yale. He was the son of Carter Harrison III, who also served five terms as mayor of Chicago, but who was assassinated before completing his fifth term. Before taking office, Mayor Harrison served as a newspaper publisher, having operated The Chicago Times with his brother from 1891 to 1895. He was a member of the Democratic party, and appointed O’Neill as Chief of the Police Department in 1901 at the start of his third term as mayor. (Christopher Richardson)
Provenance: Chicago Public Library. Thanks to Michelle McCoy, Senior Archival Specialist, Special Collections & Preservation Division, Chicago Public Library, who notes that this copy of O'Neill's Irish Minstrels and Musicians was given to the Chicago Public Library on October 1, 1914.