Heusted Warner Reynolds Hoyt | |
Office: | Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 12th District |
Term Start: | 1869 |
Term End: | 1870[1] [2] |
Predecessor: | William C. Street |
Successor: | Elbert A. Woodward |
Term Start2: | 1873 |
Term End2: | 1874 |
Predecessor2: | Asa Woodward |
Successor2: | Galen A. Carter |
Office3: | Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives |
Term Start3: | 1887 |
Term End3: | 1889 |
Predecessor3: | John A. Tibbits |
Successor3: | John H. Perry |
Office4: | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Greenwich |
Term Start4: | 1886 |
Term End4: | 1889 |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1842[3] |
Birth Place: | Ridgefield, Connecticut |
Death Place: | Greenwich, Connecticut |
Restingplace: | Christ Church Cemetery, Greenwich, Connecticut |
Residence: | Greenwich, Connecticut |
Alma Mater: | The Academy of Greenwich, Columbia College |
Occupation: | lawyer |
Party: | Republican |
Branch: | Connecticut National Guard |
Unit: | Company F, Connecticut 8th Regiment; Connecticut 4th Regiment |
Rank: | Colonel |
Serviceyears: | 1863–1877 |
Heusted Warner Reynolds Hoyt (November 1, 1842 – April 8, 1894) was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1869 to 1870 and from 1873 to 1874. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1886 to 1889, and he served as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889.
Hoyt was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut on November 1, 1842. He was the son of the Rev. Warner Hoyt, the rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, and Elizabeth Phillipina Reynolds. His father died when Heusted was three years old.[3]
He was elected a member of the Connecticut Senate in 1869 and in 1873.
He was elected a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1886 to 1889, and he served as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889.[4]
He was elected the first judge of the Borough Court of Greenwich in 1889, and held that office as long as he lived.