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Harry S. Toy

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{{Short description|American judge}}Harry S. Toy (1892–September 9, 1955) was an American politician, prosecutor, and judge. He served as Wayne County Prosecutor (1930-1935), Michigan Attorney General (1935), and a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1935-1937). From 1947 to 1950, he was the police commissioner of Detroit.^[1] 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.^[2] He planned to run for Governor of Michigan,^[1] but died of a heart attack at age 63 in Detroit.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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.^[6]

References

1. ^¹Karen Dybis, Witch of Delray, The: Rose Veres & Detroit’s Infamous 1930s Murder Mystery (2017), p. 120.
2. ^Shelton Stromquist, Labor's Cold War: Local Politics in a Global Context (2008), p. 127.
3. ^{{cite news|title=Harry Toy Dies of Heart Ailment|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=September 10, 1955|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12530985/harry_toy_dies_of_heart_ailment/|via=Newspapers.com}}
4. ^Presentation Of The Portrait Of The Honorable Harry S. Toy, Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society.
5. ^Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society biography of Harry Toy.
6. ^"[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/54790797/ Official Count of State Votes Now Complete]", Traverse City Record-Eagle (December 1, 1936), p. 14.

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