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.
Before women obtained the right to vote in 1920, Lillian Daley was an active suffragette, participating in marches and often bringing her son to them.
Lillian wanted more than this for her son, telling a friend, "I didn't raise my son to be a policeman." Daley would later state that his wellsprings were his religion, his family, his neighborhood, the Democratic Party, and his love of the city. ===Education=== Daley attended the elementary school of his parish, Nativity of Our Lord, and De La Salle Institute (where he learned clerical skills) and took night classes at DePaul University College of Law to earn a Bachelor of Laws in 1933.
Gill, he was appointed the Chief Deputy Comptroller of Cook County on December 17, 1936 to replace Michael J.
O'Connor, who had died on December 9. Daley's first elective office was in the Illinois House of Representatives, to which he was elected for the 9th district on November 3, 1936 alongside Democratic incumbents William J.
They were married on June 17, 1936, and lived in a modest brick bungalow at 3536 South Lowe Avenue in the heavily Irish and Polish neighborhood of Bridgeport, a few blocks from his birthplace.
Carroll in 1938, Daley was elected to the Illinois Senate.
At age 22, he was elected president of the club and served in that office until 1939.
In 1939, Illinois State Senator William "Botchy" Connors remarked of Daley, "You couldn't give that guy a nickel, that's how honest he is." Daley served as Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate from 1941 through 1946.
He suffered his only political defeat in 1946, when he lost a bid to become Cook County sheriff. In the late 1940s, Daley became Democratic Ward Committeeman of the 11th Ward, a post he retained until his death.
In 1939, Illinois State Senator William "Botchy" Connors remarked of Daley, "You couldn't give that guy a nickel, that's how honest he is." Daley served as Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate from 1941 through 1946.
In 1939, Illinois State Senator William "Botchy" Connors remarked of Daley, "You couldn't give that guy a nickel, that's how honest he is." Daley served as Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate from 1941 through 1946.
He suffered his only political defeat in 1946, when he lost a bid to become Cook County sheriff. In the late 1940s, Daley became Democratic Ward Committeeman of the 11th Ward, a post he retained until his death.
A recorded phone conversation which Daley had with President Lyndon Johnson on January 27, 1968, revealed that despite his Irish Catholic background, he also privately had at times tense relations with the Kennedy family and that he declined an offer to vote against President Harry Truman when he was serving as a delegate at the 1948 Democratic National Convention. ===Early mayoralty=== Daley was first elected mayor, Chicago's 48th, in 1955.
He was appointed by Governor Adlai Stevenson II as head of the Illinois Department of Finance, serving in that role from 1949 through 1950, the year he made a successful run for Cook County Clerk.
He was appointed by Governor Adlai Stevenson II as head of the Illinois Department of Finance, serving in that role from 1949 through 1950, the year he made a successful run for Cook County Clerk.
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.
boss of the political machine, in 1953.
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.
A recorded phone conversation which Daley had with President Lyndon Johnson on January 27, 1968, revealed that despite his Irish Catholic background, he also privately had at times tense relations with the Kennedy family and that he declined an offer to vote against President Harry Truman when he was serving as a delegate at the 1948 Democratic National Convention. ===Early mayoralty=== Daley was first elected mayor, Chicago's 48th, in 1955.
On the 50th anniversary of Daley's first 1955 swearing-in, several dozen Daley biographers and associates met at the Chicago Historical Society.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference's efforts in Chicago contributed to the passage of the Fair Housing Act two years later. Daley discouraged motion picture and television filming on location in Chicago, after an episode of M Squad (aired on January 30, 1959) depicted an officer of CPD taking bribes.
Kennedy in the presidential election of 1960 and of Hubert Humphrey in the presidential election of 1968.
Kennedy's narrow, 8,000 vote victory in Illinois in 1960.
Chicago journalist Elizabeth Taylor said, "Because of Mayor Daley, Chicago did not become a Detroit or a Cleveland." Robert Remini pointed out that while other cities were in fiscal crisis in the 1960s and 1970s, "Chicago always had a double-A bond rating." According to Chicago folksinger Steve Goodman, "no man could inspire more love, more hate". Daley's twenty-one-year tenure as mayor is memorialized in the following: A week after his death, the former William J.
Daley Center (originally, the Cook County Civic Center) is a 32-floor office building completed in 1965 and renamed for the mayor after his death. The Richard J.
In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr.
Kennedy in the presidential election of 1960 and of Hubert Humphrey in the presidential election of 1968.
and his handling of the notorious 1968 Democratic National Convention that happened in his city.
A recorded phone conversation which Daley had with President Lyndon Johnson on January 27, 1968, revealed that despite his Irish Catholic background, he also privately had at times tense relations with the Kennedy family and that he declined an offer to vote against President Harry Truman when he was serving as a delegate at the 1948 Democratic National Convention. ===Early mayoralty=== Daley was first elected mayor, Chicago's 48th, in 1955.
This policy lasted until the end of his term and would be reversed under later mayor Jane Byrne, when The Blues Brothers was filmed in Chicago. ===1968 and later career=== The year 1968 was a momentous year for Daley.
On January 27, 1968, Daley informed President Johnson that Robert Kennedy had met him and asked for his support in the upcoming Democratic primaries, which he declined.
Daley later backed away from his words in an address to the City Council, saying: Later that month, Daley asserted, Robert Kennedy was also assassinated in June 1968, thus hurting Daley's earlier plan to make Johnson, who withdrew his re-election bid in March, Vice President. In August, the 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago.
Since Daley's death and the subsequent election of son Richard as mayor in 1989, the first Mayor Daley has become known as "Boss Daley", "Old Man Daley", or "Daley Senior" to residents of Chicago. ==In popular culture== The Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song "Chicago" (written by Graham Nash) was about the 1968 Democratic convention.
Miller testified that Daley had "induced" him to bribe Illinois Governor Otto Kerner. In the 1970 special election deciding whether or not Illinois would adopt its then-proposed state constitution, Daley came out in support of its adoption late in the campaign.
Chicago journalist Elizabeth Taylor said, "Because of Mayor Daley, Chicago did not become a Detroit or a Cleveland." Robert Remini pointed out that while other cities were in fiscal crisis in the 1960s and 1970s, "Chicago always had a double-A bond rating." According to Chicago folksinger Steve Goodman, "no man could inspire more love, more hate". Daley's twenty-one-year tenure as mayor is memorialized in the following: A week after his death, the former William J.
Daley was historically re-elected for the fifth time in 1971.
Democratic nominee McGovern threw Daley out of the 1972 Democratic National Convention, replacing his delegation with one led by Jesse Jackson.
In their Four Way Street live album, Nash ironically dedicates the song to "Mayor Daley". The first verse Steve Goodman's original 1972 version of "The Lincoln Park Pirates" contains the line, "the stores are all closing and Daley is dozing".
In January 1973, former Illinois Racing Board Chairman William S.
Daley was a strong proponent of Illinois having [rule] for local government, and this constitution enshrined the ability for local governments to become home rule units. Daley was reelected mayor for a (then-record) sixth term in 1975. ==Death and funeral== Shortly after 2:00 p.m.
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.
on December 20, 1976, Daley collapsed on the city's Near North Side while on his way to lunch.
Before disappearing again, he helps the owner get the popular Irish song Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral on his juke box and leaves him a gift turkey. In a scene set at the Chez Paul restaurant in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, the maître d' (Alan Rubin) is seen talking on the phone: "No, sir, Mayor Daley no longer dines here, sir.
Daley, was elected mayor of Chicago in 1989, and served in that position until his retirement in 2011.
Since Daley's death and the subsequent election of son Richard as mayor in 1989, the first Mayor Daley has become known as "Boss Daley", "Old Man Daley", or "Daley Senior" to residents of Chicago. ==In popular culture== The Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song "Chicago" (written by Graham Nash) was about the 1968 Democratic convention.
Michael Daley is a partner in the law firm Daley & George, and Patricia (Daley) Martino and Mary Carol (Daley) Vanecko are teachers, as was Eleanor, who died in 1998. ===Speaking style=== Daley, who never lost his blue-collar Chicago accent, was known for often mangling his syntax and other verbal gaffes.
Daley in 2011. On the other hand, Daley's legacy is complicated by criticisms of his response to the Chicago riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Daley, was elected mayor of Chicago in 1989, and served in that position until his retirement in 2011.
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