Richard Daley (1902-1976)
American political leader, was born in Chicago and educated at DePaul's law school. He was democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1936-38) and the Illinois Senate (1939-46), and director of Revenue for the State of Illinois (1948-50) under Governor Adlai E. Stevenson.
In 1955, Daley was elected mayor of Chicago; he has been re-elected a total of four times. He gained nationwide attention in 1968 with his efforts to quell disturbances at the Democratic National Convention at Chicago.
~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1779.
You can visit the memorial page for Richard Joseph Daley.
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