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Daley’s announcement that he will not seek re-election brings an end to a political dynasty that has lasted more than five decades ### The Daleys of Chicago  Interested in politics from the time he was a young boy, Richard J. Daley served in a variety of county and Illinois state positions before being elected mayor of Chicago in 1955\. To win office, he defeated an incumbent in the Democratic primary, for which he brought his family, above, to the polling station. Son Richard M., 13 at the time and a future mayor himself, is in the center of the second row, standing in front of his mother Eleanor. Bettmann / Corbis ### Vacancy  Daley's great success led Chicagoans to nickname him "Mayor for Life." The sense of permanence that surrounded him was so complete that few, if any, candidates developed plans to succeed him. Scott Olson / Getty Images ### End of an Era  When Richard M. Daley departs office on May 16, 2011, he will have served longer than his father by five months. His reasons for leaving, he says, are personal, and most Chicagoans believe him; his wife has struggled with breast cancer since 2002\. "In the end," he said at his press conference announcing his departure, "family trumped politics." Charles Rex Arbogast / AP ### City View  Daley would remain mayor of Chicago for 21 years, during which time he would preside over numerous changes to the city's landscape, including the expansion of O'Hare International Airport into one of the world's busiest airline hubs and the construction of the Sears Tower (now called the Willis Tower), which, at the time of its completion, was the tallest building in the world. He also built high-rise public-housing projects that were regarded as models for the rest of the country upon their completion but were torn down by his son as failed experiments a few decades later. Francis Miller / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images ### Political Machine  Known as a master politician, Daley built one of the most effective and longest-lived political operations in American history. He placed extraordinary emphasis on the importance of grass-roots organization and controlled a small army of loyal and active precinct workers. Even in later years, when his administration was besieged by corruption scandals, he still managed to outpoll his rivals by significant margins. Art Shay / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images ### Racial Tensions  Despite his successes as an administrator and politician, the elder Daley's Chicago remained plagued by racial strife throughout his decades in power. A 1965 protest against delays in integrating the schools was met by pro-Daley counterprotesters, above, while the killing of Martin Luther King Jr. three years later was followed by three days of rioting, during which 11 blacks were killed. Daley was shocked, claiming that he "never believed that this would happen here." Robert Abbott Sengstacke / Getty Images ### The Chicago DNC  Four months after the 1968 racial riots, Chicago hosted the Democratic Party's national convention. In his welcoming speech to the delegates, Daley promised, "As long as I am mayor of this city, there's going to be law and order in Chicago." To assure peace, he ordered that a 25,000-strong security force be on hand, but tension outside the convention between demonstrators and the police built nightly until a major riot, known as "the Battle of Michigan Avenue," exploded in Grant Park. Daley, shown above on the convention floor, where he remained throughout the confrontations, defended the actions of the police, but a presidential commission found them responsible for precipitating the violence and cited Daley as one of the causes of their lack of restraint. The convention riots and the subsequent recriminations struck a major blow to Daley's pride and prestige. AP ### Father and Son  In 1976, while still in office, Richard J. Daley was felled by a heart attack. Two years before his death, when this photograph was taken, Richard M., right, was a member of the Illinois state senate. AP ### Big-City Mayors  In the 13 years after Richard J.'s passing, Chicago went through five mayors. In 1989, on his second try, Richard M. was elected to city hall, continuing the dynasty begun by his father. This photo was taken shortly after he assumed office, during a visit from then Big Apple mayor and fellow Democrat Ed Koch. Charles Bennett / AP ### Next Generation  When the younger Daley arrived at city hall, Chicago was running at a deficit, but by the end of his first term in office, the city was back in the black. He further gained favor by cleaning up the city streets, creating an office to investigate sexual harassment, awarding city contracts to minority-owned businesses and beefing up anticrime police units. Such managerial successes propelled him to re-election five times. Tim Boyle / Getty Images ### Booster  Chicago under Daley re-emerged as a primary tourist destination, reclaiming its reputation as one of America's most glamorous cities. The mayor, seen above at a White Sox baseball game in 1996, enjoyed one of his greatest political and personal successes when, that same year, he presided over the return to Chicago of the Democratic National Convention — the event that 18 years before had so tarnished the reputation of his father. 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