Samuel Lyman

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name =Samuel Lyman


state =Massachusetts
district =3rd
term_start =March 4, 1795
term_end =November 6, 1800
preceded =Shearjashub Bourne, Peleg Coffin, Jr., David Cobb (General ticket)
succeeded =Ebenezer Mattoon
birth_date =January 25, 1749
birth_place =Goshen, Connecticut
death_date =June 5, 1802
death_place =Springfield, Massachusetts
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party =Federalist
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occupation =Lawyer
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Samuel Lyman was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Goshen, Connecticut on January 25, 1749. He attended Goshen Academy and graduated from Yale College in 1770. He taught school, studied law in Litchfield, Connecticut, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hartford.

He moved to Springfield, Massachusetts in 1784, was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate. He was a justice of the court of common pleas of Hampshire County, and was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1795, until November 6, 1800 when he resigned. He died in Springfield on June 5, 1802. His interment was in Goshen, Connecticut.