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In what was regarded to be a major upset to the Chicago Democratic political machine, Jane Byrne succeeded in pulling off an insurgent challenge to incumbent mayor Michael Bilandic. [4] Byrne, whom Bilandic had previously fired from the post of the city's Commissioner of Consumer Sales in 1977, [4] [5] had launched an underdog challenge to ...
Byrne was born Jane Margaret Burke on May 24, 1933, at John B. Murphy Hospital in the Lake View neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, to Katherine Marie Burke (née Nolan), a housewife, and William Patrick Burke, vice president of Inland Steel. [7]
Burke aligned himself with Chicago mayor Jane Byrne, and was endorsed by the Cook County Democratic Central Committee. [3] [4] Burke ran at Byrne's urging, as she wanted to prevent Daley from becoming State's Attorney, since she saw him as a likely mayoral challenger in 1983. [8] [9]
The Edwards County Sheriff's Office were called to the home on the 1100 block of County Road 600 in Albion, Ill. at around 12:14 p.m. when they made the disturbing find, the Illinois State Police ...
A three-way race emerged between Byrne, congressman Harold Washington, and Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. Daley (the son of former mayor Richard J. Daley). Byrne secured support for her re-nomination from 33 of the city's aldermen. [6] Two months ahead of the primary, the city's Democratic Party organization endorsed her. [7]
Byrne is an Irish surname and less commonly a given name. ... Jane Byrne (1933–2014), mayor of Chicago, Illinois; Jason Byrne (disambiguation ... Michael Byrne ...
Michael Anthony Bilandic (February 13, 1923 – January 15, 2002) was an American Democratic politician, judge, and attorney who served as the 49th mayor of Chicago from 1976 to 1979, after the death of his predecessor, Richard J. Daley. [5]
Michael Byrne (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1931), English-born Irish footballer with Chelsea, Southampton and Glossop; Michael Byrne (footballer, born 1985), English-born Welsh footballer playing for Chainat; Michael Byrne (gridiron football) (born 1986), American football offensive lineman; Michael Byrne (hurler) (born 1978), Irish hurler