John M. Daley (May 10, 1923 – May 2, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician. Daley was born in

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and graduated from

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in Chicago. During

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, Daley served in the

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in the Mediterranean theatre. He reached the rank of

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at the end of the war. He went to

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, (SMUMN) is a private Catholic university with an undergraduate residential college in Winona, Minnesota; graduate and professional programs in Winona, the Twin Cities, and Rochester; and various course deli ...

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and to

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. Daley was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1949. He served as an Assistant State's Attorney in the Office of the

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and as a special deputy to the Director of the

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during Adlai Stevenson's administration. He went into private practice prior to entering the legislature. Daley served in the

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from 1959 to 1963 and from 1965 to 1967. Daley was a

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. In the 1964 statewide, at-large election for the Illinois House of Representatives, Daley was elected to the 74th General Assembly, as one of 118 Democrats and 59 Republicans selected by voters for the Illinois House of Representatives. He served as the 18th Ward Democratic Committeeman from 1967 until 1990. He was replaced as Democratic Committeeman by state legislator Andrew J. McGann. John M. Daley was a second cousin of Mayor

Richard J. Daley Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) 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 cal ...

of Chicago.'Voters' Guide,' Alton Evening Telegraphy (Illinois), October 27, 1964, pg. 5

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