Schuyler Wentworth Horton (October 16, 1885 – October 2, 1960) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
Life He was born on October 16, 1885, in Greenport, Suffolk County, New York. He attended Greenport High School and Syracuse University.New York Red Book (1949; pg. 98) He was a funeral director. He married Martha Mattice (1901–1984), and they had two sons: David Barnabas Horton (1932–2010) and Stewart Horton.David B. Horton in The Suffolk Times on February 11, 2010
Horton was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) from January 1, 1947 to December 31, 1956, sitting in the 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th and 170th New York State Legislatures.
He was an alternate delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention.
He died on October 2, 1960, in the South Shore Convalescent Home in Patchogue, New York;WENTWORTH HORTON, EX-STATE SENATOR in the New York Times on October 4, 1960 (subscription required) and was buried at the Central Cemetery in Orient.
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