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Henry M. Hoyt (Solicitor General)

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Henry Martyn Hoyt Jr.
11th Solicitor General of the United States
In office
February 25, 1903 – March 31, 1909
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn K. Richards
Succeeded byLloyd Bowers
Personal details
Born(1856-12-05)December 5, 1856
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedNovember 20, 1910(1910-11-20) (aged 53)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Anne McMichael
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(m. 1883; died 1910)​
Children5
Parent(s)Henry M. Hoyt
Mary Elizabeth Loveland
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School
Yale University

Henry Martyn Hoyt Jr. (December 5, 1856 – November 20, 1910) served as Solicitor General of the United States from 1903 to 1909. His father, also named Henry Martyn Hoyt, served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883.

Early life

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Hoyt was born on December 5, 1856, in Wilkes-Barre, the son of Mary Elizabeth (née Loveland) Hoyt (1833–1890) and Henry Martyn Hoyt, the governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883.[1][2] He graduated from Yale University in 1878 and the law school of the University of Pennsylvania in 1881. At Yale, he was a classmate of William Howard Taft, who would later become president.[2]

Career

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After a career spent in private practice as a lawyer in Pennsylvania, starting in Pittsburgh and then in banking he became an Assistant Attorney General in 1897.[3] In 1903, he was appointed Solicitor General by Theodore Roosevelt. After the end of Roosevelt's term in office he became a counselor to Secretary of State Philander C. Knox.[4]

Personal life

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In 1883, Hoyt married Anne Morton McMichael (1862–1949), a daughter of Col. Morton McMichael Jr., "one of the foremost citizens of Philadelphia"[5] and a granddaughter of Mayor Morton McMichael. Together, they had five children, including:[6]

  • Elinor Morton Hoyt (1885–1928), a poet who married three times.[7]
  • Henry Martyn Hoyt III (1887–1920),[8] an artist who married Alice Gordon Parker (1885–1951).
  • Constance A. Hoyt (1889–1923),[9] who married Baron Ferdinand Carl von Stumm, son of Baron Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm, in 1910.[10]
  • Morton McMichael Hoyt (1899–1949), who three times married, and divorced, Eugenia Bankhead, known as "Sister" and sister of Tallulah Bankhead.
  • Nancy McMichael Hoyt (b. 1902), a romance novelist who wrote Elinor Wylie: The Portrait of an Unknown Woman in 1935;[7] she married Edward Davison Curtis; they divorced in 1932.

Hoyt died on November 20, 1910, in Washington, D.C.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "EX-GOV. HENRY M. HOYT DEAD.; HIS CAREER IN PRIVATE LIVE, IN THE ARMY, AND IN POLITICS". The New York Times. 2 December 1892. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Henry M. Hoyt". American Journal of International Law. 5 (1): 181–182. 1911. doi:10.1017/S0002930000237445. ISSN 0002-9300.
  3. ^ "NAMES SENT TO THE SENATE.; Henry M. Hoyt Nominated for Assistant Attorney General -- Other Federal Offices Filled". The New York Times. 9 June 1897. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ^ U.S. Office of the Solicitor General page for Henry M. Hoyt
  5. ^ a b "HENRY M. HOYT DEAD; AIDED KNOX GREATLY; State Department Counselor Stricken While Negotiating for Canadian Reciprocity. HIS FINAL ILLNESS SHORT Had Served with Distinction as Solicitor General, and a New Office Was Created for Him". The New York Times. 21 November 1910. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ^ Hively, Evelyn Helmick (2003). A Private Madness: The Genius of Elinor Wylie. Kent: Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-746-5.
  7. ^ a b Poore, C. g (31 March 1935). "Elinor Wylie; ELINOR WYLIE. The Portrait of An Unknown Lady. By Nancy Hoyt. 203 pp. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. $2.50". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. ^ "ARTIST FOUND DEAD IN HOME; Henry M. Hoyt Inhaled Illuminating Gas in Tenth Street Studio". The New York Times. 26 August 1920. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Baroness Ferdinand von Stumm". The New York Times. 3 August 1923. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  10. ^ Times, Special to The New York (31 March 1910). "PRESIDENT ATTENDS MISS HOYT'S WEDDING; Sees Daughter of Counsellor of State Department Wedded to Fredinand von Stumm. MISS BROWNSON A BRIDE Youngest Daughter of Rear Admiral Married to Lieut. Com. T. C. Hart--Admiral and Mrs. Dewey Guests". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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