Floyd H. Hyde

Floyd Harold Hyde was an American businessman, attorney, and politician of Volga German descent who was Mayor of Fresno from 1965 to January 1969 and served as Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for just under one year in 1973. As of 2020, Hyde is the last mayor of Fresno to have been both born and raised in Fresno. Hyde was born to Henry Jacob Heidt and Anna Stuckert, on March 18, 1921 in Fresno, California. Hyde was the third of four brothers. The Hyde family changed the family name from Heidt as a result of Anti-German sentiment during World War I as noted by Hyde's oldest brother, Delbert Heidt, retaining the original surname due to being born prior to the entry of the United States in World War I.

Floyd H. Hyde

Floyd Harold Hyde was an American businessman, attorney, and politician of Volga German descent who was Mayor of Fresno from 1965 to January 1969 and served as Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for just under one year in 1973. As of 2020, Hyde is the last mayor of Fresno to have been both born and raised in Fresno. Hyde was born to Henry Jacob Heidt and Anna Stuckert, on March 18, 1921 in Fresno, California. Hyde was the third of four brothers. The Hyde family changed the family name from Heidt as a result of Anti-German sentiment during World War I as noted by Hyde's oldest brother, Delbert Heidt, retaining the original surname due to being born prior to the entry of the United States in World War I.