Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) was the Democratic mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976 and the last of the nation's big city bosses.The most powerful mayor in Chicago's history, Richard J. Daley, was born...
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Mayor Richard M. Daley will be on course to eclipse his legendary father and become the city's longest-serving mayor if voters Tuesday give him a sixth term despite a City Hall corruption scandal.D...
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A mayor whose administration is under federal investigation. An alderman who just got hit with a federal bribery charge. Four politicians who served time for corruption and want their old jobs back...
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Mayor Richard M. Daley won a sixth term Tuesday, overcoming a City Hall corruption scandal and putting himself on course to eclipse his legendary father's record as the city's longest-serving mayor...
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When the longtime Cook County Board president suffered a stroke and couldn't run for another term, he anointed a successor: his son, a Chicago alderman.And when a longtime Chicago City Council memb...
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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2006. There are 11 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territ...
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Democrat Barack Obama piled on the praise last month as he stood beside Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and embraced the mayor's bid for a sixth term."I don't think there's a city in America that has b...
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Richard J. Daley
Chicago voters weigh another Daley term
