Richard Daley


 * Mayor of Chicago
 * Son held the same post until 2011
 * Cracked down on protesters in the 1968 Democratic Convention
 * Headed the powerful Cook County machine
 * Ally of John Kennedy
 * Abraham Ribicoff condemned his "Gestapo tactics"
 * Ordered police to "shoot to kill" during the MLK riots
 * Mike Royko's biography of him is structured around his exchanges with William Kunstler during a certain legal proceeding
 * William Dawson's delivery of the black vote bolstered his mixed support among whites
 * Helped bring him into protracted conflict with Saul Alinsky
 * His school superintendent controversially addressed overcrowding with trailers called "Willis Wagons"