Samuel Lyman

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

Career

Samuel Lyman grew even during the British colonial era. He attended Goshen Academy and then studied until 1770 at Yale College. Then he taught for some time as a teacher. After studying law and his 1773 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Hartford in this profession. Since 1784, he lived in Springfield ( Massachusetts). In his new home in Lyman began a political career. From 1786 to 1788 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts; 1790-1793 he was a member of the State Senate. Since 1791 to 1800, including during his time in the U.S. 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 elections of 1794 Lyman was elected in the third electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Benjamin Goodhue on March 4, 1795. After two re- elections he could remain until his resignation on November 6, 1800 in Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Samuel Lyman is no longer politically have appeared. He died on January 5, 1802 in Springfield and was buried in his birthplace of Goshen.