Tristram T. Hyde | |
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52nd Mayor of Charleston | |
In office 1915–1919 |
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Preceded by | John P. Grace |
Succeeded by | John P. Grace |
Personal details | |
Born | July 3, 1862 Columbia, South Carolina |
Died | January 27, 1931 Charleston, South Carolina |
(aged 68)
Political party | Democrat |
Spouse(s) | Minnie D. Black (m. 1886–1905), Sue Estelle Thomas (m. 1907–1931) |
Children | Tristram T. Hyde, Jr.; Samuel Black Hyde; Simeon Hyde, Jr.; Edwin Hyde; Mrs. Jeannie Hyde Jenkins; Mrs. Herbert T. Taylor |
Tristram Tupper Hyde (July 3, 1862 – January 27, 1931) was the mayor of Charleston, South Carolina from 1915 until 1919.
Tristram was the son of Simeon Hyde and Ann Elizabeth Tupper. He attended the High School of Charleston. He married Minnie D. Black in 1886 and Sue Estelle Thomas 1907.
Hyde was a real estate broker with Eben Coffin and Co. and then Tristram T. Hyde and Sons. He was also president of Commercial Savings Bank, White Swan-Ideal Laundry and Francis Marion (Hotel]) Corporation.
A notable development of his time in office was the ceding of a large portion of Hampton Park to the state for use in building a new campus for The Citadel so that the school remained in Charleston and also the formation of a public waterworks. In private affairs, he was engaged in diverse business interests including being one of the principal backers of the company that built the Fort Sumter Hotel on the Battery.
He is buried at Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina).