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EDWIN HIRAM HOYT was born in Manchester, Iowa, October 27, 1871, and died in Des Moines, July 20, 1926. Burial was at Manchester. His parents were Hiram and Etna Loomis Hoyt. He was graduated from Manchester High School, attended Grinnell College, was graduated from Upper Iowa University in 1891, and took a course in commercial law and banking at Cross Commercial College, Downers Grove, Illinois. In 1892 he removed to Lamont, Buchanan County, organized the Lamont Savings Bank and became its president. In 1908 he was elected senator and served in the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth general assemblies. In 1912 he relinquished his position in the Lamont bank and removed to Manchester, giving attention to his land and banking interests. On the death of State Treasurer W. C. Brown, Mr. Hoyt was appointed to the vacancy May 15, 1917, and was elected in 1918, serving until January, 1921. While state treasurer and a member of the Executive Council, he led in securing the establishment by the Board of Conservation and Executive Council of the Backbone State Park, the first state park in that list of areas now set apart for recreational purposes by the state. After his services as state treasurer he continued his residence in Des Moines, and acted as receiver for the Interstate Auto Insurance Company, and of the Perry National Bank.