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,an alderman of the Chicago City Council.
Harold Lee Washington was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago. Washington became the first African American to be elected as the city's mayor in April 1983. He served as mayor from April 29,1983 until his death on November 25,1987. Born in Chicago and raised in the Bronzeville neighborhood,Washington became involved in local 3rd Ward politics under Chicago Alderman and future Congressman Ralph Metcalfe after graduating from Roosevelt University and Northwestern University School of Law. Washington was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983,representing Illinois's first district. Washington had previously served in the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives from 1965 until 1976.
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago,Illinois,United States. Earlier that year incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection,thus making the purpose of the convention to select a new presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. The keynote speaker was Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine were nominated for president and vice president,respectively. The most contentious issues of the convention were the continuing American military involvement in the Vietnam War and voting reform,particularly expanding the right to vote for draft-age soldiers who were unable to vote as the voting age was 21. The convention also marked a turning point where previously idle groups such as youth and minorities became more involved in politics and voting.
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate,representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. As a senator he was a major leader of modern liberalism in the United States. As President Lyndon Johnson's vice president,he supported the controversial Vietnam War. An intensely divided Democratic Party nominated him in the 1968 presidential election,which he lost to Republican nominee Richard Nixon.
Daniel David Rostenkowski was a United States Representative from Chicago,serving from 1959 to 1995. He became one of the most powerful legislators in Washington,especially in matters of taxation,until he went to prison. A Democrat and son of a Chicago alderman,Rostenkowski was for many years Democratic Committeeman of Chicago's 32nd Ward,retaining this position even while serving in Congress.
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 9,1957.
William Levi Dawson was an American politician and lawyer who represented a Chicago,Illinois district for more than 27 years in the United States House of Representatives,serving from 1943 to his death in office in 1970. In 1949,he became the first African American to chair a congressional committee.
Charles Abraham Halleck was an American politician. He was the Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana.
The Cook County Democratic Party is a political party 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.
Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly,a.k.a. Lar "America First" Daly,was a fringe American politician who ran unsuccessfully for a variety of political offices,often campaigning wearing an Uncle Sam suit.
Roland Victor Libonati was a United States Representative from Illinois.
Robert Bruce Chiperfield,son of United States Congressman Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield,was an Illinois lawyer and 12-term U.S. Representative from Illinois. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs during the early years of the Eisenhower administration.
Albert Langston Thomas was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 29 years. From Houston,Texas,he was responsible for bringing the Johnson Space Center to Houston.
William Aloysius Redmond (1908-1992) was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing portions of DuPage County from 1959 until his retirement in 1981. During the 79th,80th and 81st general assemblies,he served as Speaker of the House.
Benjamin S. Adamowski was a politician and lawyer.
The 1960 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 8,1960,as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose 27 representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1967,Richard J. Daley was elected to a fourth term as mayor. His main opponent was Republican nominee John L. Waner,who he defeated by a landslide 48% margin.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1963,Richard Joseph Daley was elected to a third term as mayor,defeating Republican Ben Adamowski by a double-digit margin.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1959,Richard J. Daley was elected to a second term as mayor by a landslide margin of more-than 40%.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1955,Richard J. Daley was elected to his first term as mayor by a ten-point margin.
