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Biography of Richard M. Daley
hicago mayor Richard M. Daley has earned a national reputation for his innovative, community-based programs to address education, public safety, neighborhood development and other challenges facing American cities.
A former state senator and county prosecutor, Daley was first elected Mayor in 1989, and was re-elected in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003 by overwhelming margins.
Daley attracted national attention in 1995 when he assumed responsibility for the Chicago Public Schools. His management team closed a $1.8 billion deficit; made homework mandatory; ended social promotions; improved school safety; expanded summer school, after-school and early childhood education programs; and invested $4 billion in capital improvements. Those efforts have been rewarded with continually rising student test scores.
Under Daley’s leadership, Chicago’s community policing program also became a national model, with beat officers working with city agencies and neighborhood residents to solve problems that foster crime. Daley is a national leade
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Richard M. Daley
Mayor of Chicago from 1989 to 2011
This article is about the mayor of Chicago from 1989 to 2011. For his father, the mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976, see Richard J. Daley.
Richard M. Daley | |
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Daley in 2006 | |
| In office April 24, 1989 – May 16, 2011 | |
| Deputy | Terry Gabinski Bernard Stone |
| Preceded by | Eugene Sawyer |
| Succeeded by | Rahm Emanuel |
| In office 1996–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Norm Rice |
| Succeeded by | Paul Helmke |
| In office December 1, 1980 – April 24, 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Carey |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Partee |
| In office January 10, 1973 – December 1, 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Nihill |
| Succeeded by | Timothy F. Degnan |
| Born | Richard Michael Daley (1942-04-24) April 24, 1942 (age 82) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Margaret Ann Corbett (m. 1972; died 2011) |
| Children | 4, including Patrick |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | John P. Daley (brother) William M. Daley (brother) Patrick Daley Thompson (n
FIRST SONPrologue: January 6, 2011Rich Daley, the mayor of Chicago, stood in front of a podium at Saint Mark International Christian Church in the Austin neighborhood on the far west side of Chicago. African-American community leaders and educators surrounded the mayor as he started a news conference. In a few months, Daley would turn sixty-nine years old and time had dusted his once dark hair with a white layer of color. The mayor announced that the city and its partners would expand its Safe Haven activities program so that more than a thousand grade school students could participate during after school hours. “We all want our young people to stay safe from violence, stay away from a life of violence and achieve their full potential in life. And among the most important things we can do to help are to give them the best education possible and give them plenty of positive activities after school,” said Daley. The serious tone of the news conference took a sudden, more lighthearted turn, however, when the mayor fielded a question about his brother Bill Daley. H Copyright ©peacafe.pages.dev 2025 |