Thomas R. Byrne should not be confused with Thomas Ryan Byrne.
| Thomas Richard Byrne Sr. | |
| Order: | 47th Mayor of St. Paul |
| Term Start: | 1966 |
| Term End: | 1970 |
| Predecessor: | George J. Vavoulis |
| Successor: | Charles P. McCarty |
| Birth Name: | Thomas Richard Byrne |
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Constituency: | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Party: | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Spouse: | Mary Therese Barrett |
| Children: | 7 |
| Profession: | Teacher, politician |
Thomas Richard Byrne Sr. (March 9, 1923 – April 5, 2009) was an American politician in Minnesota. He was the Democratic mayor of Saint Paul from 1966 to 1970. He was Catholic and fully Irish. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. He was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
His brother the Most Reverend James Byrne was an auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul, and later the Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa. His brother Robert Byrne was an instructor of Latin at Saint Thomas Military Academy, in Saint Paul and later in Mendota Heights, Minnesota.[1] [2] [3]