About Chicago
Thomas Dyer
15th Mayor of Chicago
Frank, S.B. Chicago: Memorable Events and the Mayors We’ve Had. S.B. Frank, 1894. SPE CCW 41/14
Party
- Pro-Nebraska Democrat
Elected
- March 10, 1856
- Defeated Francis C. Sherman (Anti-Nebraska Democrat)
Inauguration
- March 11, 1856: Inaugural Address
Term of Office
- 1856–1857
Birth
- January 13, 1805
- Canton, Conn.
Personal
- Son of a Revolutionary War officer
- Worked in mercantile pursuits and then in packing and shipping grain
- Served one term in the Legislature and twice as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention
- Was president of the Chicago Chamber of Commerce
- Was first married to Miss Adaline Hopkins, with whom he had one son, and subsequently was married to the widow of Elijah K. Hubbard, with whom he had no children
Death
- June 6, 1862
- Middletown, Conn.
Gravesite
- Unknown
Sources
- Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A.T. Andreas, 1884–86.
- Chicago Tribune, June 11, 1862, p. 4.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.