Stephen Thurston Hayt (June 5, 1822 in

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– August 31, 1907 in Corning,

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) was an American politician from New York.

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

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and 1884 Republican National Conventions. He was a member of the New York State Senate (27th D.) from 1864 to 1866, sitting in the 87th, 88th and

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s. At the

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, he was elected a

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on the

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ticket, and was in office from 1867 to 1869. He was defeated for re-election at the

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by Democrat William W. Wright. 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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayt, Stephen T 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