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Hoyt, Henry Martyn 1830-1892

Governor; born in Kingston, Pa., June 8, 1830; graduated at Williams College in 1849; became a lawyer in 1853; served in the Civil War; promoted lieutenant-colonel; was taken prisoner in January, 1863, while making a night assault on Fort Johnson, and was imprisoned at Macon, Ga. At the close of the war he was brevetted brigadier-general; was governor of Pennsylvania in 1878-83. He was the author of Controversy between Connecticut and Pennsylvania; and Protection vs. Free trade. He died in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 1, 1892.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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