James Lanman

James Lanman ( born June 14, 1767 in Norwich, Connecticut; † August 7, 1841 ) was an American politician of the Democratic-Republican Party, who belonged to the United States Senate for Connecticut.

After studying classical antiquity science Lanman graduated in 1788 at Yale College. He was admitted after graduating in law in 1791 to the bar and commenced practice in Norwich.

His first public office Lanman 1814-1819 as a prosecutor in New London County. Politically, he was active for the first time in 1817 as a deputy in the House of Representatives from Connecticut; the following year he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of the state. In 1819 he sat in the Senate from Connecticut.

In the same year Lanman moved into the U.S. Senate. During the term of his party splintered into several factions; he joined the followers of William H. Crawford, who were called Crawford Republicans or as Old Republicans. His term as senator ended on March 3, 1825.

After his time in the Senate James Lanman took over a number of other public offices. He was from 1826 to 1829 Supreme Court of Connecticut; 1831 to 1834, he served as Mayor of Norwich. In 1832 he returned again to the Senate in his home state back in the following year in the House of Representatives.