Claypool said he wrote the book because of how much the city changed with Mayor Daley at the helm. Daley served from 1989 until 2011—a year longer than his father, Mayor Richard J. Daley.

Richard E. Friedman worked in the Illinois attorney general’s office and as head of the Better Government Association before mounting a quixotic challenge to Mayor Richard J. Daley in the 1971 ...

Mary Carol Vanecko, sister of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, dies at 86 Vanecko was the second oldest of the seven children of former Mayor Richard J. Daley and First Lady Eleanor "Sis" Daley.

Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley took 10% off the asking price of his Lake Shore Drive condo today. Daley, who served ...

Mayor Richard J. Daley's sons, Richard, left, Michael and William, participate in the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August 1968. (Tribune archive photo) ...

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley, 82, who served as mayor from 1989 until 2011 and Cook County State's Attorney before that, was ...

While the city poured money into Chicago’s downtown, Mayor Richard J. Daley oversaw a new stretch of public housing in Chicago that was promised to be modern but would prove to exacerbate ...

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley, 82, who served as mayor from 1989 until 2011 and Cook County State's Attorney before that, was the fourth oldest of the Daley family.

Outgoing Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley gavels the close of his last city council meeting during a swearing-in ceremony for mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel in in Grant Park May 16, 2011 in Chicago.