Editing Richard M. Daley (section)

== Early and personal life ==
Richard M. Daley is the fourth of seven children and eldest son of [[Richard J. Daley|Richard J.]] and [[Eleanor "Sis" Daley|Eleanor Daley]], who later became Mayor and First Lady of Chicago in 1955. Born on April 24, 1942,<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Green|first1=Paul Michael|url=https://archive.org/details/mayorschicago00gree|url-access=registration|title=The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition|last2=Holli|first2=Melvin G.|date=1987|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-8845-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/mayorschicago00gree/page/n287 261]|language=en}}</ref> he grew up in [[Bridgeport, Chicago|Bridgeport]], a historically Irish-American neighborhood located on Chicago's [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Irish Battle Of North And South|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|year=1995 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/03/17/the-irish-battle-of-north-and-south/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |year=2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/c/cohen-american.html}}</ref> Daley is a brother of [[William M. Daley]], former [[White House Chief of Staff]] and former [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] under President [[Bill Clinton]]; [[John P. Daley]], a commissioner on the [[Cook County Board of Commissioners]] and chairman of the Board's Finance Committee; and Michael Daley, an attorney with Daley & Georges, a law firm founded by their father Richard J. Daley, that specializes in [[zoning]] law and is often hired by developers to help get zoning changes through city hall.<ref name=son/><ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Daley |url=http://www.daleygeorges.com/attorneys/daley1.shtml |publisher=Daley & George, Ltd. |access-date=December 2, 2012 |archive-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309100047/http://www.daleygeorges.com/attorneys/daley1.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Daley was married to Margaret "Maggie" Corbett until her death on [[Thanksgiving Day]], November 24, 2011 after a decade-long battle with [[metastatic breast cancer]], which had spread to her bones and liver. [[Maggie Daley Park]] in the [[Chicago Loop]] commemorates her, and her nonprofit [[After School Matters]] continues to serve Chicago's young people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/07/10/mellody-hobson-named-to-head-after-school-matters/|title=Mellody Hobson named to head After School Matters|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date=June 18, 2018|language=en|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618204219/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-10/business/chi-mellody-hobson-named-to-head-after-school-matters-20120710_1_maggie-daley-summer-apprenticeship-programs-nora-daley-conroy|url-status=live}}</ref> They have four children: Nora, Patrick, Elizabeth and Kevin, all born at [[Mercy Hospital and Medical Center]] in Chicago. Their second son, Kevin, died at age two of complications from [[spina bifida]] in 1981.<ref name="About the Mayor">{{cite web |title=About the Mayor |publisher=City of Chicago |year=2010 |url=http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/supp_info/about_the_mayor.html |access-date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=September 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907084423/http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/supp_info/about_the_mayor.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Daley was raised [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=lat20040220>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-feb-20-na-daley20-story.html |title=In Chicago Mayor's View, Same-Sex Nuptials Are Fine |date=February 20, 2004 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=P.J. |last=Huffstutter |access-date=October 6, 2015}}</ref>

Daley graduated from [[De La Salle Institute]] high school in Chicago and obtained his [[bachelor's degree]] from [[DePaul University]] in 1964, having transferred from [[Providence College]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], Rhode Island after two years.<ref name=cassel>{{cite news |title=Is Rich Daley Ready for Reform? Often he is, when it's easy and expedient. But when the political stakes are high, he usually lies low |first=Doug |last=Cassel |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/is-rich-daley-ready-for-reform/Content?oid=873372 |date=February 9, 1989 |newspaper=[[Chicago Reader]]}}</ref> In 1962, at age 19, home on Christmas break, Daley was ticketed for running a stop sign at Huron and [[Rush Street (Chicago)|Rush]], and the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' headline was "Mayor's Son Gets Ticket, Uses No Clout," with a subhead reading "Quiet Boy."<ref name=daleydouble/><ref name=whatsinaname>{{cite news |title=What's In A Name? Political Assets And Some Personal Liabilities; Richard Daley |date=February 3, 1989 |first=John |last=Camper |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/02/03/whats-in-a-name-political-assets-and-some-personal-liabilities/}}</ref>

Sources conflict on Daley's military record. The only book-length biography of Daley makes no mention of military service.<ref>{{cite book |last=Koeneman |first=Keith |title=First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |year=2013}}</ref> A 1995 profile in the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' stated that Daley served in the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]] from 1961 to 1967,<ref>{{cite news|title=Richard Michael Daley|first=Richard A. |last=Chapman |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=February 5, 1995}}</ref> while a 1996 profile in ''[[People (American magazine)|People Magazine]]'' cited 1960 to 1964.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Chicago Hope: aware of his city's legacy, and his own, Mayor Richard Daley plans to show off a gentler convention town |first1=Rob |last1=Howe |first2=Giovanna |last2=Breu |magazine=[[People (American magazine)|People]] |date=September 2, 1996}}</ref> A civilian website for Marines and their families found no military record for Daley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous Marine Rumors |first=Bridget |last=Daniels Carlson |publisher=USMC Hangout |url=http://www.usmchangout.com/military/branches/usmc/misc/famousmarines/famousmarinerumors.htm |access-date=October 9, 2014}}</ref>

Daley earned a [[Juris Doctor]] degree from [[DePaul University]].<ref name=cassel/> He passed the Illinois [[Bar Examination]] on his third try.<ref name=whatsinaname/> Daley later reflected, "I flunked the bar exam twice. I had to keep studying harder and harder and harder. I passed it the third time."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4DD1F3CF936A35757C0A96F948260|title=MAN IN THE NEWS; Chicago Mayor From a New Mold; Richard Michael Daley |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |first=William E. |last=Schmidt |date=April 5, 1989}}</ref> Daley never tried a case.<ref name=daleydouble>{{cite news |title=Daley Double; In which we dare to compare the father and son mayors. |first=Cate |last=Plys |date=December 20, 1990 |newspaper=[[Chicago Reader]] |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/daley-double/Content?oid=876838}}</ref>