John P. Daley

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John Daley
Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the 11th district
Assumed office
December 5, 1994
Preceded byConstituency established
Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the Chicago at-large district
In office
February 3, 1992 – December 5, 1994
Preceded byCharles Bernardini
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 1989 – February 3, 1992
Preceded byTimothy F. Degnan
Succeeded byPamela Munizzi
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 21st district
In office
January 1985 – January 1989
Preceded byJohn Vitek
Succeeded byPamela Munizzi
Personal details
Born (1946-12-05) December 5, 1946 (age 77)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Mary Lou Briatta
​
(m. 1975)​
Children3
RelativesRichard J. Daley (father)
Sis Daley (mother)
Richard M. Daley (brother)
William M. Daley (brother)
EducationLoyola University Chicago (BA)

John P. Daley (born December 5, 1946) is the 11th Ward Democratic

Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and brother of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, as well as William M. Daley, former White House Chief of Staff under President Obama and United States Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton
. Unlike his brothers, he continues to live in the neighborhood the family was raised in.

Daley is also an insurance broker who earns several hundred thousand dollars a year in this second job.

Early life and education

Daley was born in

St. Ignatius College Preparatory School and Loyola University.[2][3] He was about eight years old when his father was first elected mayor and grew up at 3536 South Lowe with Chicago Police Department patrol cars famously stationed out front at all times, however the Daley children walked to school unescorted.[1]

Personal life

When John's wedding to Mary Lou Briatta was announced in the April 24, 1975, edition of the

organized crime.[4] The two have three children: John R., Mikey, and Christine.[citation needed
]

Daley is currently the only son of the former mayor who still lives in Bridgeport.[4]

Political career

Daley serves as the Ward Democratic Committeeman for the same 11th Ward that his father and brother served before him in the same capacity.

Michael Madigan meet to endorse a new candidate such as Dan Lipinski.[5][7]

John Vitek resigned from the Illinois House of Representatives on September 19, 1985 for health reasons, which made way for Daley's appointment.[8] In the Illinois House of Representatives, Daley served the 21st District.[9]

In 1989, when his brother Mayor-elect Richard Daley named Timothy F. Degnan to his cabinet, John was able to move from the Illinois House of Representatives into Degnan's seat in the Illinois Senate that Degnan had assumed when Richard Daley went on to become Cook County states attorney nine years earlier.[10][11][12] In 1991, the Republican Party controlled the decennial redistricting and the Illinois State Senate districts were drawn to place John Daley into an unfavorable majority Black district.[13] In 1991, Charles Bernardini vacated a seat on the Cook County Board.[14] On February 3, 1992, after a few months of political dealings, Daley was voted in as the new 10th Chicago member of the Board by the other nine.[15] Pamela Munizzi was Daley's successors in both moves from Illinois General Assembly posts.[16]

When John Stroger, who was first elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 1970 and who served three terms as President beginning in 1994, suffered a stroke on March 14, 2006, Daley was mentioned as a likely fill-in who could be trusted until Stroger's son, Todd Stroger, could run to replace his father as President and William Beavers could run for his seat in the November 2006 elections. Time described Daley as the second most powerful person on the board at the time.[17] In 2001, U.S. News & World Report felt Daley might rise to the presidency of the board himself on more than an interim basis.[18]

On the Cook County Board, he serves as chairman of the Audit and Finance committees. He is a member of the Health & Hospital, Information Technology & Automation, and Rules & Administration committees.[3]

Insurance career

In 1973 when he was 26, Daley first met with controversy involving his insurance career. At that time, the press made an issue of his father's decision to shift some of the city's insurance business to the Evanston, Illinois, insurance firm with which John had business ties.[4]

In 2003, Daley confirmed that he earned

US$400,000 annually from insurance commissions. In 2005, a hired truck scandal involved a client of Daley who plead guilty in the bribes-for-work scandal. Several of Daley's 11th Ward organization political operatives were charged or accused of being involved in the situation. Daley, however, escaped direct involvement in the ordeal,[4] which was investigated by United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in a federal investigation.[19]

Daley's business causes him many conflicts of interests in the course of business as a Commissioner on the Cook County Board. He frequently recuses himself or abstains from voting on various matters of business because of his extensive insurance network. Several of his clients do millions of dollars of business with the city and some are active in the city's hired truck program. In addition to his own clients, he is an officer in another insurance company that has no city government business.[4]

References

  1. ^
    Newsbank
    . Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  2. Newsbank
    . Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  3. ^ a b "John P. Daley (D)". Cook County Information Center. Cook Count. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  4. ^
    Newsbank
    . Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  5. ^ a b Barone, Michael (2007-03-02). "Mayor Daley Re-elected". U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News & World Report, L.P. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  6. Newsbank. Retrieved 2008-11-17.[dead link
    ]
  7. ^ Barone, Michael (2008-08-22). "Obama Needs to Explain His Ties to William Ayers". U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News & World Report, L.P. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  8. Newsbank. Retrieved 2008-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  9. Newsbank. 1986-03-16. Retrieved 2008-11-17.[dead link
    ]
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  11. Newsbank
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  14. Newsbank. Retrieved 2008-11-17.[dead link
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  15. Newsbank. Retrieved 2008-11-17.[dead link
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  17. ^ Cole, Wendy (2006-06-29). "All in the Family in Cook County". Time. Time Inc. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  18. ^ Simon, Roger (2001-08-26). "Will you come home (to run), Bill Daley?: 'Land of Lincoln' could be 'Daleys' Domain'". U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News & World Report, L.P. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  19. ^ Eisenberg, Daniel (2005-08-01). "Ghosts in the Machine". Time. Time Inc. Archived from the original on January 6, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-03.

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