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Richard J. Daley. Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee from 1953, until his death.
May 11, 2024 · Richard J. Daley, mayor of Chicago (1955–76) who was called ‘the last of the big-city bosses’ because of his tight control of Chicago politics through widespread job patronage. He was a major player in national Democratic Party politics.
Apr 16, 2010 · Chicago’s Richard Daley (1902-1976) was among the most famous big-city mayors of 20th century America. He earned election to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1936, and served as...
May 11, 2018 · Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) was the Democratic mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976 and the last of the nation's big city bosses. The most powerful mayor in Chicago's history, Richard J. Daley, was born in a working class neighborhood on May 15, 1902, the only son of Michael Daley, a sheet metal worker, and Lillian (Dunne) Daley.
The Boss. An only child and the descendant of Irish immigrants, Richard J. Daley was one of five Chicago mayors that came from Bridgeport, a Southwest Side neighborhood that was predominantly Irish during Daley’s life. Daley worked his way up through city and state politics.
R ichard J. Daley became one of the most powerful Democratic Party figures in America during his twenty-three years as mayor of Chicago.
Apr 21, 2005 · Richard J Daley is recalled on 50th anniversary of his first swearing-in as mayor of Chicago; family and friends, political sidekicks and proteges, historians and journalists exchange stories...
