Term: January 21, 1879 - January 16, 1883 Born: June 8, 1830
Died: December 1, 1892 Henry Martyn Hoyt was the third straight
Civil War general to serve in the state's highest office. Hoyt
was born June 8, 1830, on a farm in Kingston, Luzerne County, to
a Presbyterian family with Connecticut roots dating back to
about 1629. His father, Ziba Hoyt, was a farmer who had fought
at Lake Erie during the War of 1812, and his mother, Nancy
Herbert, is believed to have been related to General William T.
Sherman. Hoyt was educated at old Wilkes-Barre Academy, Wyoming
Seminary, Lafayette College, and Williams College
(Massachusetts). After graduating in 1849 from Williams, Hoyt
taught school at the Towanda Academy, followed by a school in
Memphis, Tennessee, and then was professor of mathematics at
Wyoming Seminary. At the same time, he studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1853. On September 25, 1855, he married
Mary Loveland and raised one son and two daughters. Hoyt was
active in the Whig Party, ran for district