Harry S. Toy

Harry S. Toy (1892 – September 9, 1955) was an American politician, prosecutor, and judge.

Harry S. Toy c. 1937

He served as Wayne County Prosecutor (1930–1935), Michigan Attorney General (1935), and a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1935–1937). Both as a prosecutor and as police commissioner, Toy subscribed to McCarthyism and sought to root out and destroy communism, which Toy blamed for labor activism and various societal ills.[1] In November 1936, Toy, a Republican, was defeated for reelection to the Michigan Supreme Court by Democrat Bert D. Chandler, by a vote of 862,147 to 755,227.[2] From 1947 to 1950, he was the police commissioner of Detroit.[3] He planned to run for Governor of Michigan,[3] but died of a heart attack at age 63 in Detroit.[4][5][6]

References
  1. Shelton Stromquist, Labor's Cold War: Local Politics in a Global Context (2008), p. 127.
  2. "Official Count of State Votes Now Complete", Traverse City Record-Eagle (December 1, 1936), p. 14.
  3. Karen Dybis, Witch of Delray, The: Rose Veres & Detroit’s Infamous 1930s Murder Mystery (2017), p. 120.
  4. "Harry Toy Dies of Heart Ailment". Detroit Free Press. September 10, 1955. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Presentation Of The Portrait Of The Honorable Harry S. Toy, Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society.
  6. Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society biography of Harry Toy.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Patrick H. O’Brien		 Michigan Attorney General
1935		 Succeeded by
David H. Crowley
Political offices
Preceded by
Nelson Sharpe		 Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
1935–1937		 Succeeded by
Bert D. Chandler


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