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Has a Chicago Mayor Ever Been Assassinated?

Summary by Chicago Magazine

Yes. In fact, it’s happened twice. The first murdered mayor was Carter Harrison. On October 28, 1893, two days before the closing of the World’s Columbian Exposition, the 68-year-old former lawyer and real estate baron was relaxing in his mansion on South Ashland Avenue. Harrison, who was midway through his fifth term, always made himself ...

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Has a Chicago Mayor Ever Been Assassinated?

Yes. In fact, it’s happened twice. The first murdered mayor was Carter Harrison. On October 28, 1893, two days before the closing of the World’s Columbian Exposition, the 68-year-old former lawyer and real estate baron was relaxing in his mansion on South Ashland Avenue. Harrison, who was midway through his fifth term, always made himself ...

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