Israel T. Deyo

Israel Tripp Deyo (January 28, 1854 – October 5, 1953) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life Deyo was born on January 28, 1854, in Union, New York. He was the son of Richard Deyo and Caroline Eckert.

Deyo graduated from Binghamton High School as the class valedictorian in 1875. He then attended Amherst College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1879. He was a member of both Phi Beta Kappa He became principal of Whitney's Point Academy in Whitney Point in 1879 and 1880. Afterwards, he taught English and history at Cortland Normal School (today the State University of New York College at Cortland) in 1881 and 1882.

Deyo read law, and in 1882 studied law under David H. Carver, the District Attorney of Broome County. He was admitted to the bar in 1883, and began practicing law in Binghamton. In 1885 he formed a law practice with Carver. They later started the law firm Carver, Deyo, & Jenkins. and 1893.

In 1894, Governor Flower appointed Deyo to serve on a commission to investigate charges made against the management of the Elmira Reformatory.

After he left the Assembly, Deyo became a member of the law firm Jenkins, Deyo, & Hitchcock. He was a member and former vice-president of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the American Bar Association. He was a director of Binghamton Gas Works and Binghamton Dry Goods Company, secretary-director of the Deyo Oil Company, secretary of Larrabee-Deyo Motor Truck Company, and member of the dairy firm Deyo Brothers. He also was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Cortland Normal School and vice-president of the New York State Agricultural Society. He was a freemason, a companion of the Royal Arch Masonry, a Knight Templar, and a Shriner. In 1887, he became the trustee of the First Congregational Church in Binghamton.