About Joseph S. Lyman
Lived 1785 – 1821 (aged 36). Joseph S. Lyman was an American politician and lawyer.
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 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.
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Who was Joseph S. Lyman?
American politician
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Joseph S. Lyman was born on 14 February 1785 in Northfield.
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Joseph S. Lyman died on 21 March 1821 in Cooperstown.
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Joseph S. Lyman was a politician and lawyer.
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Joseph S. Lyman was American.
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