Stephen Thurston Hayt (June 5, 1822 in
Ithaca
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,
Tompkins County, New York – August 31, 1907 in
Corning,
Steuben County, New York) was an American politician from
New York
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Life
He was the son of John C. Hayt (1787–1854) and Martha (Towner) Hayt. On November 19, 1856, he married Margaret C. Townsend at
Palmyra, New York. Their son was Stephen Thurston Hayt, Jr.
He was a delegate to the
1860
Events
January–March
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,
1868
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January–March
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and
1884 Republican National Convention
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He was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
(27th D.) from 1864 to 1866, sitting in the
87th,
88th and
89th New York State Legislatures.
At the
New York state election, 1866
The 1866 New York state election was held on November 6, 1866, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly. Besides, the voters wer ...
, he was elected a
Canal Commissioner on the
Republican ticket, and was in office from 1867 to 1869. He was defeated for re-election at the
New York state election, 1869
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by Democrat
William W. Wright
William Westwood Wright (April 28, 1813 in Adams, Jefferson County, New York – June 12, 1889 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He married Mary L. Ryker (1822–1900).
He was a delegate to the ...
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He was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Corning, NY.
Sources
Political Graveyard
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 400, 406 and 505)
Entry at FreePages Genealogy
''A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families''by David Webster Hoyt (Printed for the author by the Providence Press Co., 1871; page 500)
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1822 births
1907 deaths
Politicians from Corning, New York
Erie Canal Commissioners
New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Ithaca, New York
19th-century American politicians