Carter Harrison Jr.

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Carter Henry Harrison IV
Harrison in 1911
37th & 40th[1] Mayor of Chicago
In office April 17, 1911 – April 26, 1915
Preceded by	Fred A. Busse
Succeeded by	William Hale Thompson
In office April 15, 1897 – April 10, 1905
Preceded by	George Bell Swift
Succeeded by	Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
Personal details
Born	(1860-04-23)April 23, 1860 Chicago, Illinois
Died	December 25, 1953(1953-12-25) (aged 93) Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Edith Ogden
Children	Carter Harrison V Edith Ogden Harrison II
Parent	Carter Harrison Sr. (father)

Carter Henry Harrison IV (April 23, 1860 – December 25, 1953) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician who served a total of five terms as mayor of Chicago (1897–1905 and 1911–1915) but failed in his attempt to become his party's presidential nominee in 1904.^[2] Descended from aristocratic Virginia families and the son of five-term Chicago mayor Carter Harrison Sr., this Carter Harrison (IV) became the first native Chicagoan elected its mayor.