Richard Joseph Daley was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955,and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee from 1953,until his death. He has been called "the last of the big city bosses" who controlled and mobilized American cities. Daley was Chicago's third consecutive mayor from the working-class,heavily Irish-American South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport,where he lived his entire life. He was the patriarch of the Daley family,whose members include Richard M. Daley,another former mayor of Chicago;William M. Daley,a former United States Secretary of Commerce;John P. Daley,a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners;and Patrick Daley Thompson,a former alderman of the Chicago City Council.
Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States,after Los Angeles County,California. More than 40 percent of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 2020,the population was 5,275,541. The county seat is Chicago,the most populous city in Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States. The county is at center of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Alsip is a village in Cook County,Illinois,United States. The population was 19,063 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Robbins is a village southwest of Chicago in Cook County,Illinois,United States. The population was 4,629 at the 2020 census. Darren E. Bryant is the current mayor of Robbins. It is the second oldest African-American incorporated town in the north following Brooklyn,Illinois and was home to the country’s first black-owned airport.
Sauk Village is a village in Cook County,Illinois,United States,with a small portion in Will County. The population was 9,921 at the 2020 census.
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne was an American politician who was the 24th Governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917 and previously served as the 38th mayor of Chicago from April 5,1905 to 1907. Dunne is the only person to be elected both Mayor of Chicago and Governor of Illinois.
David Duvall Orr is an American Democratic politician who served as the Cook County Clerk from 1990 to 2018. Orr previously served as alderman for the 49th ward in Chicago City Council from 1979 to 1990. He briefly served as acting Mayor of Chicago from November 25 to December 2,1987,following the death of Mayor Harold Washington. Orr retired from the office of Cook County Clerk in 2018,opting not to run for an eighth term.
Oscar Stanton De Priest was an American politician and civil rights advocate from Chicago. A member of the Illinois Republican Party,he was the first African American to be elected to Congress in the 20th century. During his three terms,he was the only African American serving in Congress. He served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois's 1st congressional district from 1929 to 1935. De Priest was also the first African-American U.S. Representative from outside the southern states and the first since the exit of North Carolina representative George Henry White from Congress in 1901.
David E. Shanahan,Illinois Republican state legislator and political leader,was born on a farm in Lee County,Illinois. His parents moved back to Chicago when he was just three months old and he lived there for the rest of his life. Mr. Shanahan graduated from Holden Grammar School,South Division High School,and Chicago Law College.
The Cook County Democratic Party is an American county-level political party organization which represents voters in 50 wards in the city of Chicago and 30 suburban townships of Cook County. The organization has dominated Chicago politics since the 1930s. It relies on a tight organizational structure of ward and township committeeperson to elect candidates. At the height of its influence under Richard J. Daley in the 1960s,it was one of the most powerful political machines in American history. Party members have been convicted of public corruption. By the beginning of the 21st century the party had largely ceased to function as a machine due to the decline of political patronage following the issuing of the Shakman Decrees. The current Chair is Toni Preckwinkle.
Worth Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County,Illinois. As of the 2020 census,its population was 152,934,with its most populous municipalities including Oak Lawn,Evergreen Park (19,943),Alsip,and Chicago Ridge. It was founded in 1849,when the county voted to subdivide itself into townships.
Illinois's first congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Illinois. Based in Cook County,the district includes much of the South Side of Chicago,and continues southwest to Joliet.
Palos Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County,Illinois. As of the 2020 census,its population was 56,836,with its most populous municipality being Palos Hills. The vast majority of the township's population resides in its eastern half;the half west of La Grange Road consists mainly of facilities in the Cook County Forest Preserves. In 1850 the small town of Trenton,Illinois changed its name to Palos;this recommendation was made by M.S. Powell,the local postmaster,whose ancestor supposedly sailed with Christopher Columbus from Palos de la Frontera. When it incorporated as a village in 1914,Palos officially became Palos Park. The neighboring communities of Palos Hills and Palos Heights incorporated at later points. All three municipalities lie completely or substantially within Palos Township.
Charles Marsh Thomson was a lawyer,judge and U.S. Representative from Illinois.
The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties,townships,precincts,cities,towns,villages,and special-purpose districts. The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. The Constitution of 1970 created,for the first time in Illinois,a type of "home rule",which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. Illinois also has several types of school districts and additional units of government that oversee many other functions.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1989 saw Democratic nominee Richard M. Daley win election to the remainder of an unexpired mayoral term with a 14% margin of victory. This marked a return for the Daley family to the office of mayor. Daley was elected over Alderman Timothy Evans,the nominee of the newly formed Harold Washington Party,and the Republican nominee Ed Vrdolyak.
The government of Cook County,Illinois,is primarily composed of the Board of Commissioners,other elected officials such as the Sheriff,State's Attorney,Treasurer,Board of Review,Clerk,Assessor,Cook County Circuit Court judges and Circuit Court Clerk,as well as numerous other officers and entities. Cook County is the only home rule county in Illinois. The Cook County Code is the codification of Cook County's local ordinances.
Chicago has held regularly-scheduled popular elections to select the city's mayor ever since it was incorporated as a city in 1837.
Bradley A. Stephens is a Republican Party politician currently serving as from the 20th district member of the Illinois House of Representatives and the village president (mayor) of Rosemont,Illinois.
