Death
McCormick died in Chicago on May 13, 1884; he had been handicapped for the last four years of his life due to a stroke causing paralysis of the legs. He was buried in Graceland Cemetery.
The official leadership of the company passed to his son Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. The company factories were the site of urban labor strikes that contributed to the Haymarket Square riot in 1886.
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