Jimmy Carter was backed by Daley, backstabbed by Byrne
Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential bid got a big boost from Mayor Richard J. Daley. But when he ran for a second term in 1980, ...
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Former President Jimmy Carter visited Chicago before, during, and after time in office
Darius Johnson has a look at President Carter’s visits with Mayor Michael Bilandic, the bad blood between Mr. Carter and Mayor Jane Byrne after the mayor endorsed U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy over Carter ...
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Chicago's first black mayor
Chicago in the Twenties was bursting at the ... Well this year, the retiring Democratic mayor, Jane Byrne, ran in the Democratic primary against the son of old Mayor Daley. A third man, with ...