Oliver Hoyt
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Oliver Hoyt
| image = Oliver Hoyt.jpg
| office = President Pro Tempore
of the Connecticut Senate
| term_start = 1877
| predecessor = Ephraim H. Hyde
| successor = Gilbert W. Phillips
| office2 = Member of the Connecticut Senate
from the 12th District
| term_start2 = 1877
| term_end2 = 1881[https://archive.org/details/rollstateoffice00assegoog Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881]
| predecessor2 = Frederick Bruggerhof
| successor2 = Edwin L. Scofield
| birth_date = {{birth date|1823|07|24}}
| birth_place = Stamford, Connecticut
| death_date = {{death date and age|1887|05|05|1823|07|24}}
| death_place = Stamford, Connecticut
| restingplace = Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut
| occupation = Leather merchant and financier
| party = Republican
| parents = Joseph Blachley Hoyt
Mary Blachley Weed
| spouse = {{marriage|Maria Corse
|1852|1918|reason=her death}}
| children = 8
| signature = Signature of Oliver Hoyt (1823–1887).png
}}
Oliver Hoyt (July 24, 1823 – May 5, 1887) was a member of the Connecticut Senate from 1877 to 1881. He was President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate from 1877 to 1879.
Early life
Hoyt was born in Stamford, Connecticut on July 24, 1823, the sixth child and son of Joseph Blachley Hoyt (1787–1854) and Mary Blachley Weed (1794–1854), who were married in 1813.{{cite book|last1=Hoyt|first1=David Webster|title=A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families|date=1871|publisher=author|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00hoyt|page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00hoyt/page/396 396]|quote=Mary Blachley Weed Hoyt (1791 - 1854).|access-date=3 May 2017|language=en}} His siblings included Joseph Blachley Hoyt (1813–1889), Lyman Hoyt (1815–1891), Mary Catharine Hoyt (1817-1877), William Hoyt (1819–1902),{{cite news |title=Death List of a Day: William Hoyt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100538996/death-list-of-a-day-william-hoyt/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=The New York Times |location=Stamford, Connecticut |page=9 |date=24 December 1902 |via=Newspapers.com}} Harvey Hoyt (1821–1893),{{cite news |title=Died: Hoyt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100540427/died-hoyt/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=The New York Times |date=4 December 1893 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}} Sylvester Hoyt (1826–1847), Alvah Hoyt (1829–1853), Emily Maria Hoyt (b. 1831), and Mark Hoyt (1835–1896).{{cite news |title=Death List of a Day: Mark Hoyt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100539111/death-list-of-a-day-mark-hoyt/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=The New York Times |page=5 |date=31 December 1896 |via=Newspapers.com}}
His maternal grandparents were Eliphalet Weed and Martha (née Hoyt) Weed. His paternal grandparents were Joseph Hoyt (1739–1799) and Sarah (née Weed) Hoyt (c. 17467–1830).
Career
In 1844, Oliver and his brother William formed the firm W. & O. Hoyt in New York City, later known as the "Hoyt Brothers." The firm was one of the best known leather merchants in the City.
In 1872, he was a presidential elector and cast his vote for Ulysses S. Grant. Hoyt was a trustee of a fund of $250,000 that had was raised by private subscription in 1881 for the benefit of Grant and his family, to insure the General an income for the remainder of his life.{{Cite book|url=http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/grant-ulysses-s-/personal-memoirs-of-us-grant/83294.aspx|title = Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant - First Edition - Signed - Ulysses S. Grant - Bauman Rare Books}}
From 1877 to 1881, Hoyt served three terms in the Connecticut Senate representing Connecticut's 12th Senate district as a Republican. From 1877 until 1879, he served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. In 1878, he was chairman of the Joint Special Committee on Federal Relations.
He was a nominee for Governor of Connecticut.
=Later career=
After leaving the Senate, he returned to run the Hoyt leather merchant business, which his sons took over after his death.{{cite news|title=Honoring Oliver Hoyt.; His Business Associates Testify to Their Appreciation. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100539288/honoring-oliver-hoyt/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=The New York Times |page=3 |date=8 May 1887 |via=Newspapers.com}} He served as Chairman of Wesleyan College.
Personal life
On October 19, 1852, Hoyt was married to Maria Corse (1830–1918), daughter of John Barney Corse of New York City. Together, they were the parents of eight children:
- Edward Clark Hoyt (1853–1925),{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Edward Hoyt Dies; Leather Pioneer; Former President of Central Company Began His Career as a Tanner. A Native New Yorker Served as Director of National Park Bank for 37 Years -- Member of Many Clubs.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0DE0DD1539E633A2575AC2A9679D946495D6CF|access-date=2 May 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 November 1925 |page=E13 |url-access=subscription}} who married Cordelia Ida Bruggerhof (d. 1932), the daughter of Frederick Bruggerhof{{cite news |title=Mrs. Edward C. Hoyt. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B05E6DD103EE633A25757C1A9609C946394D6CF&legacy=true|access-date=2 May 2017|work=The New York Times|date=14 June 1932 |page=24 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite book|last1=Burton|first1=Richard|last2=Herndon|first2=Richard|title=Men of Progress {{!}} Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in and of the State of Connecticut|date=1898|publisher=New England Magazine|location=Boston|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlwoAAAAYAAJ&q=Cordelia+Bruggerhof+Hoyt&pg=PA287|access-date=3 May 2017|language=en}}
- Oliver Corse Hoyt (1856–1859), who died young.
- Alice Maria Hoyt (1858–1860), who died young.
- Theodore Rushmore Hoyt (1861–1923){{cite book|title=Wesleyan University Bulletin|date=1916|publisher=Wesleyan University|page=53|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7a9GAQAAMAAJ&q=Theodore+Rushmore+Hoyt+%281861%E2%80%931923%29&pg=RA3-PA53|access-date=3 May 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Hoyt Royalty History|url=https://hoytroyalty.com/history/|website=hoytroyalty.com|access-date=3 May 2017|date=10 January 2013}}
- Nellie Elinor Hoyt (1864–1865), who died young.
- George Seney Hoyt (1866–1931), who died unmarried.{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=George S. Hoyt Dies in Stamford Home; Member of Well-Known Family Had Lived for 65 Years in House of His Birth. Had Traveled Widely Fond of Hunting, Polo and Yachting, He Was Noted for His Skill as a Marksman. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/10/15/archives/george-s-hoytdies-in-stamford-home-member-of-wellknown-family-had.html |access-date=3 May 2017|work=The New York Times|date=15 October 1931 |page=20 |url-access=subscription}}
- Schuyler Colfax Hoyt (1870–1885)
- Walter Stiles Hoyt (1873–1920)
Hoyt was injured when he was thrown from his carriage in Greenwich, Connecticut and broke his collar bone.{{cite news|title=Oliver Hoyt Injured.; Thrown From His Carriage Near His Connecticut Home. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100539727/oliver-hoyt-injured/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=The New York Times |date=4 May 1887 |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Oliver Hoyt Doing Well. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100539844/oliver-hoyt-doing-well/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=The New York Times |date=5 May 1887 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}} Oliver Hoyt died at his home in Stamford in 1887.{{cite news|title=Well Known Merchant Dead.; Oliver Hoyt's Accident Results Fatally--His Career. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100539961/well-known-merchant-dead/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=The New York Times |date=6 May 1887 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Oliver Hoyt's Funeral.; Many Friends From This City Attend the Services. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100540119/oliver-hoyts-funeral/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=The New York Times |date=10 May 1887 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}} In his will, he left bequests to the Methodist Episcopal Church, Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New York, Cornell College, Iowa, and the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Brooklyn, among others. He left $300,000 to his widow and the remainder of his estate was to be divided amongst his children.{{cite news |title=Bequests by Oliver Hoyt. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100540246/bequests-by-oliver-hoyt/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=The New York Times |date=19 May 1887 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}
=Descendants=
His grandson, Edward Kenneth Hoyt (1885-1938), who attended the Browning School in New York City and the Lawrenceville School and was a 1908 Yale graduate, who married Maria Augusta Daurer DeWust, the daughter of Francisco S. Daurer and Maria E. Kalhwoda, on June 5, 1926, in Paris.{{cite book|title=Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased during the Year 1937-1938|date=1 March 1939|publisher=Yale University|edition=Series 35 No. 12|url=http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1937-38.pdf|access-date=3 May 2017|archive-date=October 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014235306/http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1937-38.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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Connecticut Senate|before=Ephraim H. Hyde|after=Gilbert W. Phillips|years=1877–1879}}
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Category:Republican Party Connecticut state senators
Category:Politicians from Stamford, Connecticut
Category:Presidents pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate
Category:1872 United States presidential electors
Category:19th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly