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Daley would later state that his wellsprings were his religion, his family, his neighborhood, the Democratic Party, and his love of the city.

His father was a sheet metal worker with a reserved demeanor.

Michael's father, James E. Daley, was a butcher born in New York, while his mother, Delia Gallagher Daley, was an Irish immigrant.

Richard's mother was outgoing and outspoken.

Before women obtained the right to vote in 1920, Lillian Daley was an active Suffragette, participating in marches.

Mrs. Daley often brought her son to them.

She hoped her son's life would be more professionally successful than that of his parents.

Prior to his mother's death, Daley had won the Democratic nomination for Cook County sheriff.

Lillian Daley wanted more than this for her son, telling a friend, " I didn't raise my son to be a policeman.