Adolf Kraus
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Adolf Kraus was an American lawyer, political figure, and Jewish leader.
Kraus's grave (center) at Rosehill Cemetery
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1893, Democrat Carter Harrison III won election, returning him the mayor's office for a fifth non-consecutive term as mayor of Chicago. Harrison won a majority of th
Adolf Kraus
…Temple in Chicago) and a prominent executive of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (nowadays the Union for Reform Judaism). In both the 1891 and 1893 Chicago mayoral elections, Kraus served as the campaign manager for Carter Harrison Sr. From 1883 to 1884 and, again, from 1885 to 1886, Kraus served…
Carter Harrison 1890
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