Joseph Lyman

This article is about Iowa politician Joseph Lyman (1840–1890). On the politician from New York (1785–1821) see Joseph S. Lyman .

Joseph Lyman (born September 13, 1840 in Lyons , Ionia County , Michigan , †  July 9, 1890 in Council Bluffs , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Lyman attended Ohio public schools and moved to Big Grove , Iowa in 1857 . He then studied at Iowa College in Grinnell . Between 1861 and 1865, Lyman served first in the cavalry and later in the infantry on the Union side during the Civil War . He achieved the rank of major. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1866, he began to work in Council Bluffs in his new profession. Between 1867 and 1870, Lyman was assistant tax director for the Fifth Financial District of Iowa. In 1884 he became a district judge.

Politically, Lyman was a member of the Republican Party . In 1884 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the ninth constituency of Iowa . There he stepped on March 4, 1885 to succeed the Democrat William Henry Mills Pusey . After a re-election in 1886, Lyman was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1889 .

In 1888 he decided not to run again. As a result, he worked again as a lawyer. Joseph Lyman died in Council Bluffs in July 1890 and was buried there.

Web links

• Joseph Lyman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Lyman in the database of Find a Grave (English)