Samuel Lyman

Samuel Lyman (born January 25, 1749 in Goshen , Litchfield County , Colony of Connecticut , †  June 5, 1802 in Springfield , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1795 and 1800 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Lyman grew up during the British colonial era. He attended Goshen Academy and then studied at Yale College until 1770 . He then taught as a teacher for some time. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1773, he began to work in this profession in Hartford . From 1784 he lived in Springfield (Massachusetts). Lyman began a political career in his new home. From 1786 to 1788 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; between 1790 and 1793 he was a member of the State Senate . From 1791 to 1800, also during his time in the US House of Representatives, he was a judge in Hampshire County . In the late 1790s he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton .

In the congressional election of 1794 Lyman was elected to the US House of Representatives in the third constituency of Massachusetts, where he succeeded Benjamin Goodhue on March 4, 1795 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on November 6, 1800 . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Samuel Lyman no longer appeared politically. He died in Springfield on January 5, 1802 and was buried in his birthplace, Goshen.

Web links

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