Big city boss in depression and war
Subtitle: Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago
By: Roger Biles.
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: DeKalb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Kelly, Edward J. 1876-1950; Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography; Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950; Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
Description: The first full-length biography of Edward J. Kelly tells the vivid story of the rough-hewn politician who became one of Chicago's most powerful mayors. With the help of Pat Nash, Mayor Kelly built the Democratic Machine of which Richard J. Daley was to be a chief beneficiary. An enterprising political strategist, Kelly amassed a concentration of political power by drawing traditionally Republican black voters into the Democratic fold, allying the Machine with New Deal policies, and tapping the resources of organized crime.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [195]-209.
Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Illinois.
Includes index.