Thomas Dyer | |
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| 18th Mayor of Chicago | |
| In office March 11, 1856[1] – March 10, 1857[2] | |
| Preceded by | Levi Boone |
| Succeeded by | John Wentworth |
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| Born | (1805-01-13)January 13, 1805 Canton, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 1862(1862-06-06) (aged 57) Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Resting place | Graceland Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Chicago,Illinois |
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Thomas Dyer (January 13, 1805 – June 6, 1862) served as mayor of Chicago,Illinois (1856–1857) for theDemocratic Party. He also served as the founding president of theChicago Board of Trade.
Thomas Dyer was born inCanton, Connecticut on January 13, 1805.[3]
He was a meat-packing partner of former mayorJohn Putnam Chapin, who was one of Chicago's firstmeat packers. Chapin built aslaughterhouse on the South Branch of theChicago River in 1844.[4]
Running as a "pro-Nebraska" Democrat (aligned withStephen A. Douglas, who publicly backed his candidacy), Dyer won the contentious1856 Chicago mayoral election, defeating former mayorFrancis Cornwall Sherman (who ran as ananti-Nebraska candidate).[5][6]
He died inMiddletown, Connecticut on June 6, 1862, and was buried atGraceland Cemetery in Chicago.[3]
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