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b. Chicago, 15 May 1902; d. 20 Dec. 1976) US; member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1936 - 8, Illinois state Senator 1939 - 46, mayor of Chicago 1955 - 76 The son of an Irish immigrant sheet-metal worker, Daley was brought up in a working-class area of Chicago, where he lived until his death. Educated in the local school, he worked part-time to help support himself. He attended a commercial high school 1916 - 19 to acquire the office skills that enabled him to gain clerical work in the Chicago stockyard. Whilst holding down a day job he doggedly continued with his studies until, in 1933, aged 31, he graduated LLB from De Paul University.

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