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    1. Famous Americans-CARTER HENRY HARRISON-Chicago,IL 1860
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jhh.2ACIB/5501 Message Board Post: HARRISON, Carter Henry, politician, was born in Chicago, Ill., April 23, 1860; son of Carter Henry and Sophonisba (Preston) Harrison; and grandson of Carter Henry and Caroline Evalind (Russell) Harrison. He attended the Gymnasium of Altenburg, Germany, 1874-76; was graduated from St. Ignatius college in 1881, and from the law department of Yale in 1883. He practised law in Chicago until 1889, when with his brother William Preston Harrison, he engaged in the real estate business. He was joint manager with his brother of the Chicago Times, 1891-94, and in April, 1897, was elected mayor of Chicago, to which office he was reelected in 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903

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