What is Thomas Hoyne?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Thomas Hoyne |image = |birth_date = February 11, 1817 |birth_place = [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |death_date = July 27, 1883 |death_place = [[Carlton, New York|Carlton Station]], [[New York (state)|New York]] (aged 66) |residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |office = Null [[Mayor of Chicago]] |term_start = November 1875 |term_end = 1875 (not allowed to take office) |predecessor = [[Harvey Doolittle Colvin]] |successor = [[Harvey Doolittle Colvin]] |party = Independent |religion = |spouse = Leonora Maria Temple<ref>{{cite book | title = In Memoriam: Sketch of the Life and Character of Thomas Hoyne, LL.D. | url = https://archive.org/details/3961273 | publisher = Barnard and Gunthorp | year = 1883 | location = Chicago | page = [https://archive.org/details/3961273/page/43 43]}}</ref> |children = Temple Staughton Hoyne, Thomas Maclay Hoyne, James Taylor Hoyne, Frank Gilbert Hoyne, Effie Gertrude Hoyne Wells, + 2 more<ref>{{cite book | title = In Memoriam: Sketch of the Life and Character of Thomas Hoyne, LL.D. | url = https://archive.org/details/3961273 | publisher = Barnard and Gunthorp | year = 1883 | location = Chicago | page = [https://archive.org/details/3961273/page/80 80]}}</ref> |website = }} '''Thomas Hoyne''' (February 11, 1817 – July 27, 1883) was an [[United States|American]] politician who was elected as the [[Mayor of Chicago]] in 1875. Since Honye was an Independent, there was never a Democrat or Republican who wanted to run for mayor at the time. But after his victory, he did not wanted to be the mayor because of the conflict and might ruin his career. Hoyne was born on February 11, 1817 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He was married to Leonora Maria Temple. They had seven children. Hoyne was killed on July 27, 1883 in [[Carlton, New York|Carlton]], [[New York (state)|New York]] in a train crash, aged 66.<ref>{{cite news | title = Representative Men of Chicago Pay Tribute to the Memory of Thomas Hoyne | newspaper = Ch