Maclay Hoyne
{{short description|American politician and lawyer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
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| name = Maclay Hoyne
| image = File:Maclay Hoyne (b).jpg
| caption = Hoyne in 1916
| office1 = Cook County State's Attorney
| term_start1 = 1912
| term_end1 = 1920
| predecessor1 = J. E. W. Wayman
| successor1 = Robert E. Crowe
| birth_date = October 12, 1872
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| death_date = October 1, 1939
| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, US
| nationality = American
| party = Democratic
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| occupation = Lawyer
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| relations = Thomas Hoyne (grandfather)
}}
Thomas Maclay Hoyne II (October 12, 1872 – October 1, 1939) was an American politician and lawyer. As a Democrat, from 1912 through 1920, Hoyne served as Cook County State's Attorney. Hoyne also ran as an independent candidate in the 1919 Chicago mayoral election.
Early life
Hoyne was born October 12, 1872. Hoyne was the grandson of Thomas Hoyne.{{cite web |last1=TIMES |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK |title=MACLAY HOYNE, 67, DEAD IN CHICAGO; State's Attorney for Cook County 2 Terms, 1912–20 --Won 5,000 Convictions FIRST CITY POST IN 1903 Counsel for Sanitary District, 1927–29—Williams Athlete Was Grandson of Mayor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/10/02/archives/maclay-hoyne-67-dead-in-chicago-states-attorney-for-cook-county-2.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=March 13, 2020 |date=October 2, 1939}}
Career
File:Maclay Hoyne (93779733) (1).jpg
A mentee of Chicago mayor Carter Harrison IV, Hoyne was tasked in his early political career with overseeing the city's Sixth Ward Democratic Organization. In 1903, after he was elected to a fourth consecutive term as mayor, Harrison appointed Hoyne as the city's Assistant Corporation Counsel. A few years later, Hoyne made an unsuccessful run for county judge. He was later promoted to the First Assistant Corporation Counsel.
In 1908, Hoyne ran for the Democratic nomination for Cook County State's Attorney, supported by the wing of the Carter Harrison IV-led wing of the city's Democratic Party. He was up against six other candidates, including William Emmett Dever (supported by the Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne-led wing of the party), and J.J. Kern (supported by the Roger Charles Sullivan-led wing of the party). Kern wound up winning the primary.{{cite book |last = Schmidt |first = John R. |title="The Mayor Who Cleaned Up Chicago" A Political Biography of William E. Dever |year = 1989 |publisher=Northern Illinois University Press |location = DeKalb, Illinois }}
In 1912, Hoyne ran again, and was elected Cook County State's Attorney.{{cite book |title=The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for ... |date=1921 |publisher=Chicago Daily News Company |page=784 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ8fAQAAMAAJ |accessdate=March 13, 2020 |language=en}} He was reelected to a second term in 1916. During his tenure, his prosecuting staff procured over 5,000 penitentiary convictions. In his later years as prosecutor, his house was fired upon in assassination attempts. Yet, Hoyne ignored warnings about his safety, and refused the protection of bodyguards.
Hoyne unsuccessfully ran as an independent candidate in the 1919 Chicago mayoral election.
In 1920, Hoyne ran for a third-term as Cook County State's Attorney. However, he lost the Democratic primary to Michael L. Igoe, who went on to be defeated in the general election by Republican Robert E. Crowe.{{cite web |title=The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3B3ZAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Chicago Daily News Company |accessdate=March 13, 2020 |page=791 |language=en |date=1920}}
From 1927 until 1929, Hoyne served as counsel for the Sanitary District of Chicago.
Death
Electoral history
{{incomplete list|date=December 2020}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=1912 Cook County State’s Attorney election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mackay Hoyne
|votes =122,419
|percentage = 27.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Lewis Rinaker
|votes =113,181
|percentage =25.74 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Socialist Party of America
|candidate = William A. Cunnea
|votes = 107,647
|percentage =24.49 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
|candidate = George I. Haight
|votes = 93,495
|percentage =21.27 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Prohibition Party
|candidate = John H. Hill
|votes = 2,896
|percentage =0.66}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 439,638
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=1916 Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary{{cite book |title=The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for ... |date=1916 |publisher=Chicago Daily News Company |page=598 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2pEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA598 |language=en}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Maclay Hoyne (incumbent)
|votes =90,759
|percentage = 86.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles E. Erbstein
|votes =14,483
|percentage =13.76 }}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 105,242
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=1916 Cook County State’s Attorney election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Maclay Hoyne (incumbent)
|votes =236,384
|percentage = 44.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Harry B. Miller
|votes =191,456
|percentage =36.10 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Socialist Party of America
|candidate = William A. Cunnea
|votes = 102,579
|percentage =19.34 }}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 530,419
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=1919 Chicago mayoral election{{cite book |last1=Bright |first1=John |title=Hizzoner Big Bill Thompson, an idyll of Chicago |url=https://archive.org/details/hizzonerbigbillt00brig |date=1930}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = William H. Thompson (incumbent)
|votes =259,828
|percentage =37.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Robert Sweitzer
|votes =238,206
|percentage =34.48 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Maclay Hoyne
|votes =110,851
|percentage =16.05}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| colour = #00BFFF
|party = Cook County Labor Party
|candidate = John Fitzpatrick
|votes =55,990
|percentage =8.11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Socialist Party of America
|candidate = John Collins
|votes = 24,079
|percentage =3.49}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Socialist Labor Party
|candidate = Adolph S. Carm
|votes = 1,848
|percentage =0.27}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 690,802
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=1920 Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael L. Igoe
|votes =59,658
|percentage = 54.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Maclay Hoyne (incumbent)
|votes =43.71
|percentage = 44.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = John K. Murphy
|votes = 1,750
|percentage =1.60 }}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 109,097
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Cook County State's Attorney|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Cook County state's attorneys
Category:Politicians from Chicago
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