Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.  | Richard Joseph Daley (1902-1976) — also known asRichard J. Daley;"TheBoss" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 15,1902.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 9th District, 1936-38; member ofIllinoisstate senate 9th District, 1939-47; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1948,1952,1956,1960,1964;speaker,1968;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1955-76; died in office 1976.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus.Stricken with aheartattack and died at hisdoctor'soffice, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December20, 1976 (age74 years, 219days).Interment atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.| |  Relatives:Married,June 17,1936, to Eleanor 'Sis' Guilfoyle; father ofRichardMichael Daley andWilliamMichael Daley. | | |  | Political family:Daleyfamily of Chicago, Illinois. | | |  | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | |  | Books about Richard J. Daley: MikeRoyko,Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago — Adam Cohen & ElizabethTaylor,AmericanPharaoh : Mayor Richard J. Daley : His Battle for Chicago and theNation — Hugh Brogan,AllHonorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.Daley — Roger Biles,RichardJ. Daley : Politics, Race, and the Governing ofChicago — Eugene C. Kennedy,Himself!The Life and Times of Richard J. Daley — Len O'Connor,Requiem: The Decline and Demise of Mayor Daley and His Era —F. Richard Ciccone,Daley: Power and Presidential Politics — Frank Sullivan,Legend:The Only Inside Story About Mayor Richard J. Daley —Milton Rakove,Don'tMake No Waves, Don't Back No Losers : An Insider's Analysis of theDaley Machine — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | |  | Image source: Time Magazine, March 23,1962 |
| | Richard Michael Daley (b. 1942) — also known asRichard M. Daley — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April24, 1942.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 23rd District,1969-70; member ofIllinoisstate senate 23rd District, 1973-81;CookCounty State's Attorney, 1981-89;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1989-2011; defeated in primary, 1983; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1996,2000,2004,2008(delegation chair).Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation.Still living as of 2020. | | William Michael Daley (b. 1948) — also known asWilliam M. Daley — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August8, 1948.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1980;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1997-2000.Irishancestry.Still living as of 2014.
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