For the money manager to the Rockefeller family, see J. Richardson Dilworth.
Richardson Dilworth
Dilworth in 1947
91st Mayor of Philadelphia
In office January 2, 1956 – February 12, 1962
Preceded by
Joseph S. Clark Jr.
Succeeded by
James Tate
17th President of the United States Conference of Mayors
In office 1960–1961
Preceded by
Richard J. Daley
Succeeded by
W. Haydon Burns
16th District Attorney of Philadelphia
In office January 7, 1952 – January 2, 1956
Preceded by
John Maurer
Succeeded by
Victor H. Blanc
Personal details
Born
(1898-08-29)August 29, 1898 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
January 23, 1974(1974-01-23) (aged 75) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Elizabeth Brockie
(m. 1922; div. 1935)
Ann Elizabeth Kaufman
(m. 1935)
Children
5
Alma mater
Yale University
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Marine Corps
Rank
Major
Battles/wars
World War I World War II
Richardson K. Dilworth (August 29, 1898 – January 23, 1974)[1] was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 91st mayor of Philadelphia from 1956 to 1962. He twice ran as the Democratic nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, in 1950 and in 1962. He is to date the last White Anglo-Saxon Protestant mayor of Philadelphia.
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