Henry Martyn Hoyt, Sr. (June 8, 1830 – December 1, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician and the 18th governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.
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Early life
Henry M. Hoyt was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He attended lower education at Wyoming Seminary. He started higher-level classes at Lafayette College, where he studied from 1845 until 1848. He transferred to Williams College, graduating in 1849 with Phi Beta Kappa honors, as a member of Kappa Alpha Society.
Career
After graduating from Williams College, he returned to Pennsylvania, where he taught Mathematics at Wyoming Seminary from 1851 to 1853. Hoyt first held elected office as a district attorney. A member of the Whig Party, Hoyt participated in John Fremont's 1856 presidential campaign.