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Born near Lexington, Kentucky to Carter Henry Harrison II and Caroline Russell, he was only a few months old when his father died.

He was educated by private tutors, and was graduated from Yale College in 1845 as a member of Scroll and Key.

Following graduation, he traveled and studied in Europe from 1851 to 1853 before entering Transylvania College in Lexington, where he earned a law degree in 1855.

He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Chicago ; Harrison came to Chicago because he saw it as a land of opportunity.