Five-time Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison often rode through the city's streets on a horse.
Episode 305 of the podcast looks at the Assassination of Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison.
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Born in Kentucky, he fell in love with Chicago and became a five-term mayor before bullets from a delusional man's gun ended his life.
Episode 305 looks at the Assassination of Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison.
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Mourners who viewed Cermak's body back in Chicago before he was buried at Bohemian National Cemetery numbered over 100,000.
Episode 223 of the podcast.
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Zangara raised his pistol and began firing wildly toward Franklin Delano Roosevelt, striking five people nearby. The person hurt worst by the spray of bullets was Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak.
Episode 223 of the podcast.
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A strong supporter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mayor Anton Cermak is credited with delivering a 330,000-vote majority in Cook County for FDR.
Episode 223 of the podcast looks at the life and tragic death of Cermak.
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Anton Joseph Cermak went from humble beginnings as an immigrant to become the 44th mayor of Chicago. Hear about his life and tragic death while in office in episode 223 of the podcast.
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Of Chicago’s 45 mayors in the first 100 years, 3 had been Irish. Over the next half century, four of the five mayors who held office were of Irish descent.
Episode 220 of the podcast looks at the Irish in Chicago.
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Known as "Chicago's cowboy statesman," he is the last Republican to hold the office of Mayor in Chicago. Hear more about "Big Bill" Thompson on episode 117 of the #Chicago History Podcast! @ApplePodcasts @buzzsprout @tunein #ChicagoHistory #ChicagoMayors #ChicagoCorruption
