Lyman Tremain

Lyman Tremain

Lyman Tremain (born June 14, 1819 in Durham , Greene County , New York , †  November 30, 1878 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lyman Tremain attended public schools in his home country and the Kinderhook Academy . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1840, he began to work in Durham in this profession. In 1842 he was elected supervisor there; In 1844 he became a district attorney there. From 1846 to 1851 he was a district judge. From 1853 he was based in Albany , where he practiced as a lawyer. In 1858 and 1859 he succeeded Stephen B. Cushing as Attorney General in New York State. At that time he was a member of the Democratic Party . He then moved to the Republicans . In 1862 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor of his state. Between 1866 and 1868 he was a member of the New York State Assembly , of which he was president in 1867.

In the congressional election of 1872 Tremain was elected as a Republican in the 33rd  constituency of New York, which was state-wide, in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1873. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1874, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1875 . After serving in the US House of Representatives, Lyman Tremain practiced as a lawyer in Albany. He died on November 30, 1878 while visiting New York City and was buried in Albany.

Web links

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

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