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Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held
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Hoyne moved to Chicago in 1837, where he turned his back on the mercantile life he had been leading and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1839. He was elected Chicago city clerk in 1840. In 1853, he was appointed United States District Attorney for
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of 1871, Hoyne presided at the meeting that established a free library in Chicago and sat on its board of directors, eventually writing the first history of the Chicago library system. He served as president of the board.
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Hoyne's younger brother Philip Augustus Hoyne served as Clerk of the Recorder's Court of Chicago and (from 1853 until 1858) United States Commissioner for the District of Illinois. He also served on the
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Colvin, however, refused to relinquish the office and was supported by the city comptroller. Although Hoyne presided over council meetings and gave an inaugural address, the
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nominated anyone for mayor. Running as an independent, Hoyne received 33,064 of the 40,000 votes cast for mayor and was declared the Mayor of Chicago.
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declared his election null and void. Colvin continued to serve until the courts called for a special election on July 12, 1876.
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Hoyne was killed in a July 27, 1883 railroad collision on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad near
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The remains were interred at Rosehill Cemetery, the procession of carriages being a magnificent one.
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History of Chicago: From 1857 until the fire of 1871 By Alfred Theodore Andreas
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In Memoriam: Sketch of the Life and Character of Thomas Hoyne, LL.D.
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In Memoriam: Sketch of the Life and Character of Thomas Hoyne, LL.D.
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Carter, Orrin N. "The Early Courts of Chicago and Cook County".
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in Chicago. Hoyne Avenue in Chicago is also named in his honor.
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in 1876, but his election was later declared null and void by a
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Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society
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Longwood, Theodore (November 1885), "Thomas Hoyne",
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and purchased an 18½-inch lens and mounting for the
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Mayor of Chicago
Harvey Doolittle Colvin
United States Marshal
Northern District of Illinois
Northern District of Illinois
Cook County Probate
Justice of the Peace
City Clerk of Chicago
James Curtiss
New York City
Carlton, New York
Rosehill Cemetery
Frank G. Hoyne
Chicago

Mayor of Chicago
Circuit Court
Illinois
Boston
University of Chicago
Alvan Clark
Dearborn Observatory
Chicago Astronomical Society
Great Chicago Fire
April 1876 Chicago mayoral election
Cities and Villages Act of 1872
Harvey Doolittle Colvin
Republicans
Democrats

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