Mayor Richard J. Daley looks over his notebook on his first morning at the mayor’s desk on April 21, 1955. Richard J. Daley, center, welcomes Harry Truman, left, to Chicago in 1953. Mayor Richard J.

Now 28 years later, Daley is expected to be in Chicago for the DNC again — but this time in a much different role. The longest-serving mayor in Chicago history and son of Richard J. Daley ...

Vanecko was the second oldest of the seven children of former Mayor Richard J. Daley and First Lady Eleanor "Sis" Daley. Richard M. Daley was mayor of Chicago for 22 years. Former Daley chief of ...

Daley ran Chicago from his fifth-floor office in ... Daley served from 1989 until 2011—a year longer than his father, Mayor Richard J. Daley. "I think his mayoralty was absolutely transformative ...

While Chicago’s downtown changed, Daley oversaw a new public housing in Chicago. While the city poured money into Chicago’s downtown, Mayor Richard J. Daley oversaw a new stretch of public ...

It was there, in the cancer ward named for his late wife Maggie, that he announced in 2010 that he wouldn't seek a historic seventh term as Chicago's mayor. His father, Richard J. Daley ...

Chicago Sun Times file Share Chicago voters ... the political ring in 1971 as a Republican seeking to dethrone Mayor Richard J. Daley. One daily newspaper columnist, faced with the daunting ...

Mayor Richard J. Daley grew up in Bridgeport, an Irish, South Side Chicago neighborhood that influenced his political career. Chicago Stories is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

To replace Thompson, Mayor Lori Lightfoot appointed Nicole Lee — who had the Daleys’ support. A Daley has held elective office in Chicago continuously since 1934, when Richard J. was elected ...

Mary Carol Vanecko, the sister of former Chicago Mayor Richard M ... the second oldest of the seven children of former Mayor ...