Richard J. Daley

Richard J. Daley (left) with President Johnson at the White House in 1966

Richard Joseph Daley (born May 15, 1902 in Chicago , Illinois , † December 20, 1976 there ) was an American politician . He was Mayor of Chicago from 1955 until his death. With 21 years in office, he not only shaped the politics of the big city, but also played an important role in the Democratic Party , for example in supporting the presidential candidacies of John F. Kennedy in 1960 , Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968 . Daley gained national fame when he used the police against anti-war demonstrators at the Democratic nomination convention in Chicago in late August 1968. The police took particularly hard action against the protesters, which also attracted a lot of attention beyond the borders of the USA.

He is the father of former Mayor Richard M. Daley and former US Secretary of Commerce and former White House Chief of Staff William M. Daley .

The Richard J. Daley Center was named after him, a 197-meter-high skyscraper that was the tallest building in the city of Chicago from 1965 to 1969 .

Awards

1961: Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Richard J. Daley . In: Der Spiegel . No. 53 , 1976, p. 92 ( online ).
↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

personal data
SURNAME	Daley, Richard J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Daley, Richard Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician and mayor of Chicago
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	20th December 1976
Place of death	Chicago , Illinois

[1] Richard J. Daley . In: Der Spiegel . No. 53 , 1976, p. 92 ( online ).

[2] List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)