Francis Strother Lyon

Francis Strother Lyon (born February 25, 1800 in Danbury , Stokes County , North Carolina , †  December 31, 1882 in Demopolis , Alabama ) was an American politician who represented the state of Alabama in the US House of Representatives and the Confederate Congress .

A native of North Carolina, Francis Lyon moved to Marengo County in Alabama in 1817 . After initially working in a bank and as a secretary at the district court, he studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1821 and began to practice in Demopolis.

From 1822 to 1830 he served as secretary to the Alabama Senate ; between 1833 and 1834 he was a member of the Chamber of Parliament himself. On March 4, 1835 he became a member of the US House of Representatives, in which he first represented the interests of the National Republican Party and later converted to the Whigs . His tenure ended on March 3, 1839. When the state banks of Alabama were facing bankruptcy in 1845, Lyon was appointed to one of three commissioners who should rebuild the banking system; later he became sole commissioner, which he remained until the completion of his task in 1853.

At the Democratic National Convention in Charleston in 1860 , Lyon was one of the delegates from the southern states who left the party convention prematurely. The following year he was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives ; he rejected the election to the provisional Confederate Congress . From 1862 to 1865 he was a member of the First and Second Confederate Congresses .

After the defeat of the Confederation in the Civil War , Lyon continued his legal practice in Alabama. In 1875 he took part in the state's constitutional convention, the following year he was re-elected to the Alabama Senate.

Web links

• Francis Strother Lyon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Francis Strother Lyon in the database of Find a Grave (English)