Theodore Lyman (politician)

Theodore Lyman III (born August 23, 1833 in Waltham , Massachusetts , †  September 9, 1897 in Nahant , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Theodore Lyman was the son of Theodore Lyman II (1792-1849), who was mayor of Boston in 1834 and 1835 . He enjoyed a private school education. Between 1847 and 1849 he studied in Europe. He then attended Harvard University until 1858 . In the years 1861 to 1863 he traveled to several European countries. On his return he joined the army of the Union as a lieutenant colonel during the Civil War in 1863 and served there on the staff of General George Gordon Meade . Lyman was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences . Between 1865 and 1882 he was a member of the Massachusetts State Fisheries Commission. At the same time he was from 1868 to 1880 board member of Harvard University. He was also active in other organizations, including the Massachusetts Historical Society .

In the congressional election of 1882 , Lyman was elected as an independent Republican in the ninth constituency of Massachusetts to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded William W. Rice on March 4, 1883 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election in 1884, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1885 . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he fell ill with a nervous condition that increasingly prevented him from carrying out his previous activities. Theodore Lyman died in Nahant on September 9, 1897.

Web links

Wikisource: Theodore Lyman  - Sources and full texts (English)

• Theodore Lyman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Theodore Lyman in the database of Find a Grave (English)