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Richard M. Daley is the fourth of seven children and eldest son of Richard J. and Eleanor Daley, who later became Mayor and First Lady of Chicago in 1955. Born on April 24, 1942, he grew up in Bridgeport, a historically Irish-American neighborhood located on Chicago's South Side.
Apr 29, 2024 · Richard M. Daley is the first son of Richard J. Daley, mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976 and considered “the last of the big city bosses.” The younger Daley graduated from DePaul University in 1964 and earned a law degree there in 1968.
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Democratic PartyElected in non-partisan elections in 1999, 2003 and 2007Won primary election February 28, 1989, defeating Sheila A. Jones, Eugene Sawyerand James TaylorElected 54th mayor of Chicago April 4, 1989; defeated Timothy C. Evans (Harold Washington Party) and Edward R. Vrdolyak (Republican) in general electionBorn April 24, 1942 in ChicagoElected to the Illinois Constitutional Convention in 1969Married Miss Margaret A. Corbett of Mount Lebanon, Pa. in 1972; together they had four children.Elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1972"Daley's Son Marries in Pittsburgh." Chicago Tribune, March 26, 1972, p. 3.Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.Apr 16, 2010 · Richard J. Daley was a political boss who served as mayor of Chicago and chair of the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee for more than two decades.
Sep 12, 2010 · Education. Mr. Daley took control of the city’s 600 public schools in 1995, after they had been labeled “worst in the nation” in the late 1980s by a former United States secretary of...
Jan 23, 2024 · Richard Michael Daley (b. 1942- ) served as Chicago's mayor from 1989 to 2011, the longest anyone has held that office. As mayor, he sought to restore faith in city government and revitalize Chicago, hoping to attract residents, businesses, and visitors to transform it into a "world-class city."
In 1987, Secretary of Education William Bennett declared Chicago Public Schools as “the worst in the nation.” In 1988, the Illinois General Assembly passed a school reform act which authorized Mayor Richard M. Daley to take control of Chicago’s crisis-riddled education system.
