Robert C. Titus
Robert Cyrus Titus (born October 24, 1839 in Eden , Erie County , New York , † April 27, 1918 in Buffalo, New York ) was an American lawyer and politician.
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Titus attended Oberlin College from 1859 to 1860 after general schooling . He then completed a law degree with Horace Boies , was admitted to the bar in 1865 and practiced in Hamburg . In 1867 he married Arvilla Clark, and the marriage had two children. From 1868 to 1871 Titus was mayor of the US city of Hamburg (New York), which was named after the German city of Hamburg.
In 1873 he moved to Buffalo and served from 1878 to 1880 District Attorney of Erie County and from 1882 to 1885 as a member of the New York Senate (31st District) in the 105th, 106th, 107th and 108th New York Legislation.
He was a judge on the Buffalo Superior Court from 1886 to 1895. That court was abolished by the 1894 Constitution and the judges were transferred to the New York Supreme Court (8th D.) with limited jurisdiction in January 1896 for the remainder of their term.
In the New York state elections in 1896, Titus ran for the New York Court of Appeals , but was defeated by Republican Irving G. Vann .
In 1901, Titus and Loran L. Lewis were appointed by the court to defend Leon Czolgosz in the trial for the murder of President William McKinley .
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- The New York Red Book compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403)
- Biographical sketches of the Members of the Legislature in The Evening Journal Almanac (1885)
- THE NEW SUPREME COURT in NYT on December 13, 1895
- Bio transcribed from Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Erie County, New York by Truman C. White (1898)
- Titus genealogy at Gen Forum
- Obituary transcribed from the Buffalo Morning Express on April 28, 1918
| New York Senate | ||
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| Previously Benjamin H. Williams |
New York Senate 31st District 1882–1885 |
Followed by Daniel H. McMillan |
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| SURNAME | Titus, Robert C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Titus, Robert Cyrus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eden , Erie County , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1918 |
| Place of death | Buffalo, New York |