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Joseph S. Lyman | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 15th district | |
In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | |
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Born | Northfield, Massachusetts, USA | February 14, 1785
Died | March 21, 1821 Cooperstown, New York, USA | (aged 36)
Resting place | Federal Street Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Joseph Stebbins Lyman (February 14, 1785 – March 21, 1821) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Northfield, Massachusetts, Lyman attended the common schools. He was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1806. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cooperstown, New York. Lyman was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1821. He died in Cooperstown, March 21, 1821. He was interred in Greenfield, Massachusetts.