Biography

05/27/1849 - 08/12/1899

William Henry Hyde (D38) Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest Counties, 1893-1898

Early Career:

William Henry Hyde, born May 27, 1849, Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania; son of Joseph Smith and Jane Gillis Hyde; attended, Ridgway, Pennsylvania public schools until 1860; Painesville, Ohio public schools until 1865; attended, Lewisburg University (now Bucknell) for one term; lumber and mercantile business career, Ridgway, Pennsylvania; establishing the firm of J.S. and W.H. Hyde; later, Hall, Kaul, and Hyde Company; later associated with the Hyde-Murphy, Hyde and Thayer, Hyde and Redding, and Hall, Gardner companies; president, Clarion River Railway Company, Clarion River Gas Company, Ridgway Light and Heat Company; engaged, banking business, Ridgway and Brockwayville, Pennsylvania; considerable real estate portfolio, timberland, four sawmills; president, Clarion River Railway, 1891-1899; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, Special Election, November 7, 1893- resigned, reelected, November 6 , 1894-1898; married, Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. Kime Hyde, son, Harry Ross Hyde; died, August 12, 1899 (aged 50), Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania; interment, Pine Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, Special Election, 38th district, Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest Counties, November 7, 1893, fill the unexpired term, Harry Alvin Hall, resigned, reelected, November 6, 1894-1898; committee assignments, Banks and Building and Loan Associations, Centennial Affairs, Finance, Insurance, Judicial Apportionment, Legislative Apportionment, Mines and Mining, Public Roads and Highways, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water. 

Legacy:

Brother-in-law, John Geary Hall, Pennsylvania State Senate, 38th district, Cameron, Clarion, Elk, and Forest Counties, 1879-1886. 

John Geary Hall  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Brother-in-law, James Knox Polk Hall, Pennsylvania State Senate, 38th district, Cameron, Clarion, Elk and Forest Counties, 1903-1906, Pennsylvania State Senate, 26th district, Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Elk and Forest Counties, 1907-1914. 

James Knox Polk Hall  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov) 

Brother-in-law, Harry Alvan Hall, Pennsylvania State Senate, 38th district, Cameron, Clarion, Elk and Forest Counties, 1891-1893.

Harry Alvan Hall  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1898). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1164, 1169-1171, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1137.

Biography: Courtesy Kalinowski, Executive Director, Elk County Historical Society; Rodearmel, 1895.

Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Page 517.

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) · Monday, August 14, 1899 · Page 1.

The Jeffersonian-Democrat (Brookville, Pennsylvania) · Thursday, August 17, 1899 · Page 8. 

William Henry Hyde (1849-1899) - Find a Grave Memorial