Richard M. Daley

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American politician (born 1942)

United States PoliticiansBorn 1942 · age 84

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Fame53.7

Momentum1.5

Languages18

In century#20,149

Also inDeutsch

Photos 7

Meigs Field Runway a few days after destruction ordered by Mayor Daley, April 2003

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley at the opening of the 2005 Revealing Chicago Exhibition in the Boeing Gallery and Chase Promenade in Millennium Park.

Daley in Chicago City Hall

Awards 6

2008Chandler Robbins Award

2007Newberry Library Award

2006Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame

2004Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Golden Plate Award

Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

In their orbit 2

FatherRichard J. Daley

SiblingWilliam M. Daley

Connected to Richard 6

David McCulloughAlso won Newberry Library Award

Lorraine HansberryAlso won Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame

Leonardo SandriAlso won Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Aleksander WolszczanAlso won Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Henry TaubeAlso won Golden Plate Award

Carla HaydenAlso won Newberry Library Award

About this person

Richard Michael Daley is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term. At 22 years, his was the longest tenure in Chicago mayoral history, surpassing the 21-year mayoralty of his father, Richard J. Daley.

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United States