Editing Carter Harrison III (section)

==Post-mayoralty==
[[File:CarterHarrison1890.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Frontispiece from ''A Summer's Outing'' (1891)]]

On July 26, 1887 Harrison embarked on international travels,<ref name="TopekaDailyPress1"/> taking a sixteen-month world tour.<ref name="themayors"/> He concluded this trip on November 8, 1888. Harrison documented his travels in letters he wrote that were published in newspapers. He compiled his travel writings into a book, which was published under the title ''A Race With The Sun''.<ref name="TopekaDailyPress1"/> After returning to Chicago, Harrison continued to be withdrawn from politics for several years. During this time, he focused on his business ventures and authoring literature.<ref name="TopekaDailyPress1"/> In 1890, Harrison and his daughter took a vacation trip from Chicago to [[Yellowstone National Park]] and [[Alaska]]. His letters from the trip were first published in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' and later compiled into an 1891 book, ''A Summer's Outing and The Old Man's Story''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/summersoutingold00harriala|last=Harrison |first=Carter H. |title=A Summer's Outing and The Old Man's Story |publisher=Dibble Publishing |location=Chicago |year=1891}} at [[Internet Archive]]</ref>

In 1891, Harrison became the owner and editor of the ''[[Chicago Times]]''.<ref name="retrobio"/> THis marked a return to political engagement, as he used this newspaper to advocate for labor unions and the many Catholic and immigrant communities in Chicago.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

===Unsuccessful 1891 mayoral campaign===
Harrison unsuccessfully sought to stage a comeback, running in the [[1891 Chicago mayoral election]]. Failing to receive the Democratic nomination (with incumbent mayor [[DeWitt Clinton Cregier]] being renominated instead), Harrison ran an independent campaign for mayor. The election became a four-candidate race between Harrison, Creiger, Republican nominee [[Hempstead Washburne]], and Citizens nominee [[Elmer Washburn]] (a former head of the [[United States Secret Service]] and [[Chicago Police Department]]). Hempstead Washburne won the election, receiving only a few hundred more votes than runner-up Cregier and a few thousand more votes than Harrison. Elmer Washburn placed a more distant fourth.