Eugene G. Hoitt Explained

Eugene Gorham Hoitt
Office:6th Mayor of Marlborough
Term Start:1898
Term End:1898
Predecessor:Charles L. Bartlett
Successor:Edward J. Plunkett
Birth Date:April 12, 1850
Birth Place:Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Death Place:Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Buffalo University, 1881
Occupation:Surgeon
Spouse:Sarah Frances Barrett

Eugene Gorham Hoitt (April 12, 1850 – April 12, 1928) was a Massachusetts surgeon and politician who served as the sixth mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Biography

Hoitt was the oldest child of the railroad engineer Samuel Locke Hoitt and Ann Jane Hadley. In 1864, his father survived the Shohola train wreck as the engineer of the Confederate prisoner's train. In 1873 Hoitt married Sarah Frances Barrett, with whom he had two daughters.

Hoitt was the first Democrat ever to be elected mayor of Marlborough. As well as serving as the city's sixth mayor, Hoitt was a member of the Massachusetts State Medical League and served as Medical examiner for the ninth district. In 1900 and 1902, Hoitt served as the President of the Middlesex County Medical Society.