Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago)

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human mayor politician

Richard M. Daley was the long-serving Mayor of Chicago, known for his influential tenure from 1989 to 2011 that reshaped the city’s politics and urban landscape.

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Observed surface forms (3)

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Richard M. Daley 1
Mayor of Chicago 2
Richard Michael Daley 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
mayor ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthDate 1942-04-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt DePaul University ⓘ
DePaul University ⓘ
surface form: DePaul University College of Law

Providence High School (Chicago) ⓘ
electedIn 1989 Chicago mayoral special election ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish American ⓘ
familyName Daley ⓘ
father Richard J. Daley ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
mother Eleanor Guilfoyle Daley ⓘ
name Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Michael Daley
notableFor controversial closure of Meigs Field airport ⓘ
creation of Millennium Park ⓘ
education reform initiatives in Chicago ⓘ
efforts to win 2016 Summer Olympics bid for Chicago ⓘ
environmental and beautification programs in Chicago ⓘ
expansion of downtown Chicago ⓘ
influence over Chicago Democratic politics ⓘ
infrastructure modernization in Chicago ⓘ
leadership during 1990s and 2000s Chicago economic growth ⓘ
longest-serving mayor in Chicago history ⓘ
parking meter privatization deal in Chicago ⓘ
privatization of Chicago Skyway ⓘ
urban redevelopment of Chicago ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
public administrator ⓘ
officeEndTime 2011-05-16 ⓘ
officeEndTime (Cook County State's Attorney) 1989 ⓘ
officeStartTime 1989-04-24 ⓘ
officeStartTime (Cook County State's Attorney) 1980 ⓘ
party Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld Cook County State's Attorney ⓘ
Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mayor of Chicago
precededBy Eugene Sawyer ⓘ
reElectedIn 1991 Chicago mayoral election ⓘ
1995 Chicago mayoral election ⓘ
1999 Chicago mayoral election ⓘ
2003 Chicago mayoral election ⓘ
2007 Chicago mayoral election ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sibling William M. Daley ⓘ
spouse Maggie Daley ⓘ
succeededBy Rahm Emanuel ⓘ

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Richard J. Daley → child → Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard M. Daley
Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) → name → Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard M. Daley
this entity surface form: Richard Michael Daley
Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) → positionHeld → Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard M. Daley
this entity surface form: Mayor of Chicago
Rahm Emanuel → precededBy → Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) ⓘ
Lori Lightfoot (as Mayor of Chicago) → ranForOffice → Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) ⓘ
subject surface form: Lori Lightfoot
this entity surface form: Mayor of Chicago