What is Thomas Dyer?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Thomas Dyer |image = Thomasdyer.jpg |image_size = 180px |birth_date = {{birth date|1805|1|13}} |birth_place = Canton, [[Connecticut]], United States |death_date = {{death date and age|1862|6|6|1805|1|13}} |death_place = [[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown]], [[Connecticut]], [[United States]] |residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |office = Mayor of Chicago |order = 18th |term_start = 1856 |term_end = 1857 |predecessor = [[Levi Day Boone]] |successor = [[John Wentworth]] |party = [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] |religion = |spouse = |children = |website = }} '''Thomas Dyer''' (January 13, 1805 &ndash; June 6, 1862) was an [[United States|American]] politician who was mayor of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] (1856–1857) for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Dyer was born on January 13, 1805 in [[Canton, Connecticut|Canton]], [[Connecticut]].<ref>[http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/mayors/dyer.php Biography of Mayor Dyer at Chicago Public Library site]</ref> He was raised in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. Dyer died on June 6, 1862 in [[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown]], [[Connecticut]] from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]], aged 57. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/mayors/dyer_inaug.php Inaugural Address] {{Chicago Mayors}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dyer, Thomas}} [[Category:1805 births]] [[Category:1862 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Mayors of Chicago]] [[Category:Politicians from Connecticut]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]]