Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976

Authoritative Name:
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976
Biography:
Daley served as mayor of Chicago from 1955 until his death on December 20, 1976. He was reelected every fourth year through 1975. Daley was called "the last of the big-city bosses" because of his tight control of Chicago politics through widespread job patronage. He attained great power in national Democratic Party politics. Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1933, Daley served as a state representative and senator (1936-46), state director of revenue (1948-50), and clerk of Cook County (1950-55) before being elected mayor. Daley's administration was criticized, however, for its reluctance to check racial segregation in housing and in the public schools; for its encouragement of the construction of tall office buildings in the downtown area; and for its measures taken against demonstrators during the Democratic National Convention in 1968. His last years were marred by scandals centred on members of his administration, though none of these touched Daley himself. -- Encyclopaedia Britannica WWW site
Associated Subjects:
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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AFL-CIO Civil Rights Committee, correspondence and printed materials, 1964-1966

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Slaiman, Donald, 1919-2000
Biemiller, Andrew J. (Andrew John), 1906-1982
Gibson, Doris
Holmes, Adolph
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976
Meany, George, 1894-1980
Date of Original:
1964
1965
1966
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections