Richard Michael Daley

45th Mayor of Chicago

Party

• Democrat
• Elected in nonpartisan elections in 1999, 2003 and 2007

Elected

• First term:
  • February 28, 1989 (primary)
    • Defeated Sheila A. Jones, Eugene Sawyer and James Taylor
  • April 4, 1989 (general)
    • Defeated Timothy C. Evans (Harold Washington Party) and Edward R. Vrdolyak (Republican)
• Second term:
  • February 26, 1991 (primary)
    • Defeated Jane Byrne, Danny K. Davis and Sheila A. Jones
  • April 2, 1991 (general)
    • Defeated George S. Gottlieb (Republican), R. Eugene Pincham (Harold Washington Party) and James Warren (Socialist Workers Party)
• Third term:
  • February 28, 1995 (primary)
    • Defeated Joseph E. Gardner and Sheila A. Jones
  • April 4. 1995 (general)
    • Defeated Roland Burris (Independent), Lawrence Redmond (Harold Washington Party) and Ray Wardingley (Republican)
• Fourth 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
• Fifth term:
  • February 25, 2003 (primary nonpartisan election)
    • Defeated Paul Jakes, Jr., Joseph McAffee and Patricia McAllister
  • General election not held due to winning majority in the primary
• Sixth term:
  • February 27, 2007 (primary nonpartisan election)
    • Defeated Dorothy A. Brown and William Walls, III.
  • General election not held due to winning majority in the primary

Inaugurations

• First term: April 24, 1989: Inaugural Address
• Second term: May 6, 1991: Inaugural Address
• Third term: May 1, 1995: Inaugural Address
• Fourth term: March 1, 1999 (Oath of Office); May 3, 1999: Inaugural Address
• Fifth term: May 5, 2003: Inaugural Address
• Sixth term: May 24, 2007: Inaugural Address

Terms of Office

• First term: 1989–1991
• Second term: 1991–1995
• Third term: 1995–1999
• Fourth term: 1999–2003
• Fifth term: 2003–2007
• Sixth term: 2007–2011

Birth

• April 24, 1942
• Chicago

Personal

• 1969: Elected to the Illinois Constitutional Convention
• 1972: Married Miss Margaret A. Corbett of Mount Lebanon, Pa.; together they had four children
• 1972: Elected to the Illinois State Senate
• 1980: Elected state’s attorney of Cook County, twice re-elected

Sources

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