Titus Hosmer (1736– August 4, 1780) was an American lawyer from Middletown, Connecticut. He was a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1778, where he signed the Articles of Confederation.
Titus was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, attended Yale and graduated in 1757. He read for the law, was admitted to the bar, and begain a practice in Middletown, Connecticut. He married Lydia Lord on November 29, 1761 on Middletown. Their son Stephen Hosmer would also become a lawyer, and was the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Hosmer was elected to the Connecticut state Assembly annually from 1773 to 1778, and served as their speaker in 1777. In May of 1778 he became a member of the state Senate, a remained in that office until he died. Later in 1778, the joint state legislature also sent him one of their delegates to the Continental Congress.
Titus died at Middletown on August 4, 1780 and is buried in the Mortimer Cemetery there.
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