Harry S. Toy (1892 – September 9, 1955) was an American politician, prosecutor, and judge.
He served as Wayne County prosecutor (1930–1935), Michigan attorney general (1935), and a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1935–1937).
In November 1936, Toy, a Republican, was defeated for reelection to the Michigan Supreme Court by Democrat Bert D. Chandler, by a vote of 862,147 to 755,227."Official Count of State Votes Now Complete", Traverse City Record-Eagle (December 1, 1936), p. 14. Toy later served as the commissioner of the Detroit Police Department from 1948 through 1950.Karen Dybis, Witch of Delray, The: Rose Veres & Detroit’s Infamous 1930s Murder Mystery (2017), p. 120.
Both as a prosecutor and as police commissioner, Toy subscribed to McCarthyism and sought to root out and destroy communism, which Toy blamed for labor activism and various societal ills.Shelton Stromquist, Labor's Cold War: Local Politics in a Global Context (2008), p. 127.
Toy planned to run for Governor of Michigan, but died of a heart attack at age 63 in Detroit.Presentation Of The Portrait Of The Honorable Harry S. Toy, Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society.Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society biography of Harry Toy.
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