Emanuel M. Abrahams

{{Short description|American businessman and politician}}

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| office = Member of the Chicago City Council
from the 20th ward

| term = 1913

| predecessor = Dennis J. Egan

| successor = Matt Franz

| office1 = Member of the Illinois House of Representatives

| term1 = 1907–1911

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| death_date = 1913 (age 46)

| death_place = Chicago, Illinois

| party = Democratic

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Emanuel M. Abrahams (July 7, 1866 – July 1, 1913) was an American businessman and politician.

Abrahams was born in Chicago, Illinois and was a member of the Jewish religion. He was a merchant in Chicago. Abrahams served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1907 to 1911 and was a Democrat. He then served on the Chicago City Council beginning in 1913, until his death later that year.{{Cite web |url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |title=Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. |access-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }} Abrahams died at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois at age 46 after suffering a stroke at the Chicago City Hall.'Illinois Blue Book 1907-1908,' Biographical Sketch of Emanuel M. Abrahams, pg. 258-259'"Manny" Abrahams Dies,' Bloomington Daily Pantagraph, July 4, 1913, pg. 1

After his death, his brother, Morris Abrahams, ran with the backing of Mayor Carter Harrison IV to fill the incomplete City Hall term of his Abrahams. Morris Abrahams was a leader of the William Randolph Hearst–Harrison elements in the twentieth ward. However, prior to the Democratic Party's primary election, Morris Abrahams was indicted for electoral fraud stemming from the November 1912 elections. He was defeated in the Democratic Party's primary election by Matt Franz 1,995 to 1,677.Two sourcesL

• {{cite web |title=Less than one-third of the women voters cast ballots at the primaries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/35003751 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Inter Ocean |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=en |date=February 25, 1914}}
• {{cite web |title=Hoyne Loses 45 Votes In Count At Fraud Trial |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/35003671 |url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Inter Ocean |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=en |date=February 21, 1914}}