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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.
The younger Daley graduated from DePaul University in 1964 and earned a law degree there in 1968. He was elected as a Democrat to the Illinois Senate in 1972 and served there until 1980. That year he became the state’s attorney of Cook county.
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Richard J. Daley ruled Chicago from 1955 until 1976. His son Richard M. Daley ruled from 1989 until 2011. In 1959, Richard M. Daley ran for president of his high school class at De La Salle Institute, and lost. It took Richard M. Daley three attempts to pass the Illinois bar exam.
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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 · Elected Chicago mayor for the first of six terms in 1955, he cultivated alliances with organized labor and industry, but drew criticism for the violence that erupted at the 1968 Democratic...
Apr 21, 2022 · One Saturday in 1980, Richard M. Daley, a product of beer-chugging Bridgeport, paid a visit to Dawn Clark Netsch’s Old Town salon of pinot grigio-sipping liberals.
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Jan 6, 2011 · On the west side of Chicago, Rich Daley stood surrounded by black leaders and educators as he once again tried to improve public education and reduce crime. Daley appeared completely at ease in the company of these African-Americans, a group with whom he had spent much of the last two decades.
