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New page: Richard J. Daley was the mayor of Chicago from 1955 to his death in 1976. He was a Democrat, and the leader of the Democratic political machine. He was very influential among [[Dem...
Richard J. Daley was the mayor of Chicago from 1955 to his death in 1976. He was a [[Democrat]], and the leader of the [[Democratic]] political machine. He was very influential among [[Democrats]] at the time, including presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon Johnson]]. He also led the catastrophic 1968 [[Democratic]] political convention, which was marked by riots, violence, brutality and anger.