Samuel Lyman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1795 – November 6, 1800 | |
| Preceded by | Shearjashub Bourne Peleg Coffin Jr. (General ticket) |
| Succeeded by | Ebenezer Mattoon |
| Member of theMassachusetts State Senate | |
| In office 1790–1793 | |
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| Born | (1749-01-25)January 25, 1749 |
| Died | June 5, 1802(1802-06-05) (aged 53) |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Samuel Lyman (January 25, 1749 – June 5, 1802) was aUnited States representative fromMassachusetts.
He was born inGoshen in theConnecticut Colony on January 25, 1749. He was the son of Moses Lyman, III (1713–1768) and Sarah (née Hayden) Lyman (1716–1808). His brother, Moses Lyman, IV (1744–1829) served as a colonel in the American Revolution.
He attendedGoshen Academy and graduated fromYale College in 1770. He taught school, studied law inLitchfield, Connecticut, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inHartford.
Lyman moved toSpringfield, Massachusetts in 1784, was elected a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives, and served in theMassachusetts State Senate. He was a justice of the court of common pleas ofHampshire County, and was elected as aFederalist to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1795, until November 6, 1800, when he resigned. He was previously a candidate for the4th congressional district in 1788; the election took 5 ballots, and Lyman led on the 2nd and 3rd before losing on the final two toTheodore Sedgwick.[1] Lyman sought a rematch in 1790, but lost by a much wider margin.[2] Before his successful election in 1794, he ran once more in 1792 for two of the four seats inMassachusetts's 2nd congressional district: in the at-large seat, he lost toDwight Foster, and in the Hampshire County seat, he lost toWilliam Lyman (no relation).[3][4] He died in Springfield on June 5, 1802. His interment was in Goshen, Connecticut.
Samuel's sister, Anna Lyman (1746–1842), married Gideon Wheeler (1745–1822), also a veteran of the American Revolution. Their daughter, Ruth, marriedJohn Savage, Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court. They had a daughter, Mary Ann Savage, who marriedWard Hunt, United States Supreme Court Justice. Their daughter, Eliza Stringham Hunt, married Arthur Breese Johnson, a great-grandson ofPresident John Adams and great-nephew ofPresident John Quincy Adams.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1795 - November 6, 1800 | Succeeded by |
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