Carter Harrison

Carter Harrison may refer to:

  • Carter Henry Harrison I (~1727 – 1793/1794), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
  • Carter Bassett Harrison (c.1756–1808), U.S. Representative from Virginia
  • Carter Bassett Harrison (1811–1839), son of U.S. President William Henry Harrison
  • Carter Harrison, Sr. (1825–1893), mayor of Chicago, 1879–1887 & 1893
  • Carter Harrison, Jr. (1860–1953), mayor of Chicago, 1897–1905 & 1911–1915

Famous quotes containing the words carter and/or harrison:

    America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense ... human rights invented America.
    —Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

    The admission of the States of Wyoming and Idaho to the Union are events full of interest and congratulation, not only to the people of those States now happily endowed with a full participation in our privileges and responsibilities, but to all our people. Another belt of States stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
    —Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)