Lyman Law

Lyman Law (born August 19, 1770 in New London , Colony of Connecticut , †  February 3, 1842 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1811 and 1817 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lyman Law came from a well-known family of politicians. His father Richard (1733-1806) was a member of the Continental Congress and a federal judge , his son John (1796-1873) represented the state of Indiana in Congress between 1861 and 1865 . After a good primary education, Law attended Yale College until 1791 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1793, he began to practice this profession in New London.

Politically, Law was a member of the Federalist Party . Between 1801 and 1810 he sat several times as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives . In 1806, 1809 and 1810 he was president of this body. In the state-wide held congressional elections of 1810 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the seventh mandate from Connecticut , where he succeeded Ebenezer Huntington on March 4, 1811 . After two re-elections he was able to complete three consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1817. During this time the British-American War of 1812 fell .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Law returned to work as a lawyer. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1819 and 1826. He died in February 1842 in his native New London.

Web links

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

• Lyman Law in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Lyman Law at The Political Graveyard