Lyman K. Bass

Lyman K. Bass

Lyman Kidder Bass (November 13, 1836 - May 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in the town of Alden, New York, Bass attended the common schools and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1856.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Buffalo, New York.He served as district attorney for Erie County 1865-1872. Renominated in 1871, but declined to accept.He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress.

Bass was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877). Because of ill health declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1876.He moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1877 and continued the practice of law.He served as general counsel for the Denver &amp. Rio Grande Railroad Co., from 1878 to 1884.He died in New York City, while on a visit, May 11, 1889.He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York.

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