Theodore Lyman (Massachusetts)

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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

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

In the congressional elections of 1882 Lyman was an independent Republican in the ninth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William W. Rice on March 4, 1883. Since he was not nominated in 1884 for re-election, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1885. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he fell ill from a nervous illness, which is increasingly hindered him from performing his past activities. Theodore Lyman died on September 9, 1897 in Nahant.