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Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly

This page is about American perennial candidate. For the British union leader, see Lawrence Daly.

Grave of the Daly family at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.

Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly[a] (January 22, 1912 – April 17, 1978) was an American perennial candidate[1] from Chicago who unsuccessfully ran for a number of political offices in Illinois and nationwide. Beginning in 1954, he often campaigned while wearing an Uncle Sam suit.[2][3]

Daly ran for president in every election from 1948 to 1976.[3]

When running as a candidate, Daly aimed to exploit loopholes in the electoral system and took on a confrontational style to his campaign. He called public schooling a scam while running for Superintendent of Cook County, and vowed to back a war with the Soviet Union.[3]

Early life

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Daly was born in Gary, Indiana, on January 22, 1912, to immigrants from Ireland.[4] Before entering politics, he was a furniture maker.[3]

Political campaigns

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In 1938, Daly sought the Democratic Party nomination for Superintendent of Cook County in what would become his first race for public office.[4] He lost to incumbent Noble J. Puffer.[5]

1952 campaigns and America First Party

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A sample ballot for the America First Party in The Hopkins Journal for the 1952 elections.

During the 1952 United States presidential election, Daly founded the America First Party, attempting to run Douglas MacArthur and Harry F. Byrd for president and vice president. Daly failed to get them on the ballot due to Illinois law requiring consent of the nominees, but he was able to get them on the ballot in Missouri.[6] MacArthur and Byrd were the only candidates that the party ran.[7]

1956 campaigns

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Daly announced his campaign for the 1956 Illinois gubernatorial election in 1955, seeking the Republican Party nomination. He ran on a platform of opposing incumbents Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of the United States, and William Stratton, governor of Illinois, claiming that Eisenhower "lets helpless fellow-Americans suffer, rot and die in Communist prison camps," and describing Stratton as a "High Tax Willie" and a "blooping flop."[8]

1959 Chicago mayoral campaign

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In 1959, Daly became a candidate for the Chicago mayoral election taking place that year, running under both the Democratic and Republican parties. Under Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934,[9] he requested equal time on broadcast stations as two separate candidates, which was denied by the stations. Daly appealed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and their ruling granted him equal time on February 19, 1959. Despite the ruling, WBBM-TV—the Chicago affiliate of CBS—refused to comply, and the then-president of CBS Frank Stanton alleged that the ruling denied broadcasters "the right to assume and exercise the responsibility for editorial control of our own news programs."[10][11] Eisenhower described the ruling as "ridiculous" and stated that the attorney general was finding a solution. The FCC denied to reverse its ruling, saying that the only way to reverse it was through Congress.[11] Three days later, a solution was proposed, leading to a subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce conducting a public hearing which lasted three days towards the end of June 1959. Within months, amendments to Section 315 were added, exempting the equal-time rule from good faith newscasts, news interviews, news documentaries, and coverage of news events.[10]

1960 campaigns

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In 1960, he simultaneously ran for president, U.S. senator, as well as filing petitions to enter Douglas MacArthur, John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Rockefeller in the Illinois presidential primaries.[12]

Other stuff

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Daly ran for president, senator, representative, governor of Illinois, and mayor of Chicago.[2]

Personal life and death

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Daly died at the Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park on April 17, 1978, of a lung disease.[13]

Political positions

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Daly politically aligned with libertarianism and conservatism.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ For research purposes: He was also known as Lawrence J. Daly, Lar Daly, and Lawrence Daly.

References

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  1. ^ Sources that describe Daly as a perennial candidate include:
    • "Perennial candidate Lar Daly dies at 66". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. April 18, 1978. p. 1, 10. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
    • "Federal 'Editing' of News Broadcasts". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. May 26, 1959. p. 6-A. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Lar Daly is a perennial candidate in Chicago for various public offices.
    • "Lar Daly Again in G.O.P. Lists for Illinois Governor". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. August 14, 1955. p. 23A. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Daly, a perennial candidate but never a winner, ... .
  2. ^ a b c "Lar Daly, office seeker". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 19, 1978. p. 19-D. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Neville-Shepard 2018, p. 527.
  4. ^ a b "Lar Daly, 66, Dead". The New York Times. April 19, 1978. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "Some Candidates Unopposed". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. April 13, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Kellman 1953, p. 94.
  7. ^ "Your Choice of 8 Parties Tuesday". Albany Ledger. Albany, Missouri. October 30, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. The America-First Party has no candidates other than for president and vice-president.
  8. ^ "Lar Daly Again in G.O.P. Lists for Illinois Governor". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. August 14, 1955. p. 23A. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Neville-Shepard 2018, p. 526: "... under Section 315 of the Federal Communications Act."
  10. ^ a b Neville-Shepard 2018, p. 528.
  11. ^ a b "The Press: Free, Equal & Ridiculous". Time. March 30, 1959. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  12. ^ "Lar Daly Invites More Legislation". Herald & Review. Decatur, Illinois. February 2, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Perennial candidate Lar Daly dies at 66". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. April 18, 1978. p. 1, 10. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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