Anthony D'Andrea was an early member of the Chicago branch of the Unione Siciliana. He was convicted of countefeiting in 1902 and released by the Theodore Roosevelt administration after serving just 13 months. He stayed involved in Unione affairs and in local politics until his murder in 1921.
Phil D'Andrea became Chicago's Unione president in 1934, when the organization was in a decline. He was one of a group of Chicago crime leaders charged with extortion in the show business industry in 1943.