Richard Michael Daley
45th Mayor of Chicago

Party:
Democrat -- Elected in non-partisan elections in 1999, 2003 and 2007.

Elected:

1st term:
February 28, 1989 (primary)
Defeated Eugene Sawyer, James Taylor and Sheila A. Jones

April 4, 1989 (general)
Defeated Timothy C. Evans (Harold Washington Party) and Edward R. Vrdolyak (Republican)

2nd term:
February 26, 1991 (primary)
Defeated Danny K. Davis, Jane M. Byrne  and Sheila A. Jones

April 2, 1991 (general)
Defeated R. Eugene Pincham (Harold Washington Party), George S. Gottlieb (Republican) and James Warren (Socialist Workers Party)

3rd term:
February 28, 1995 (primary)
Defeated Joseph E. Gardner and Sheila A. Jones

April 4. 1995 (general)
Defeated Roland Burris (Independent), Ray Wardingley (Republican) and Lawrence Redmond (Harold Washington Party)

4th term:
February 23, 1999 (primary non-partisan election)
Defeated Bobby L. Rush.  April 13, 1999 general election not held due to winning majority in primary.

5th Term:

February 25, 2003 (primary non-partisan election)
Defeated Paul Jakes, Jr., Patricia McAllister, and Joseph McAffee. General election not held due to winning majority in primary.

6th Term:
February 27, 2007 (primary non-partisan election)
Defeated Dorothy A. Brown and William Walls, III. General election not held due to winning majority in primary.

Inaugurations:
1st term: April 24, 1989: Inaugural Address 
2nd term: May 6, 1991: Inaugural Address 
3rd term: May 1, 1995: Inaugural Address
4th term:  March 1, 1999 (Oath of Office); May 3, 1999: Inaugural Address  
5th term: May 5, 2003: Inaugural Address
6th term: May 24, 2007: Inaugural Address

Terms of office:
1st term: 1989-1991
2nd term: 1991-1995
3rd term: 1995-1999
4th term:  1999-2003
5th term: 2003-2007
6th Term: 2007-

Birth:
April 24, 1942
Chicago, IL

Personal:
1969 – Elected to the Illinois Constitutional Convention
1972 – Married Miss Margaret A. Corbett of Mount Lebanon, PA; together had 4 children
1972 – Elected to the Illinois State Senate
1980 – Elected State’s Attorney of Cook County, twice re-elected

The City of Chicago website has an official biography of Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Sources:
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Tribune, March 26, 1972, pg. 3.