William Lyman

Who was William Lyman?

William Lyman was an American politician from Northampton, Massachusetts. Lyman was born in Northampton, Massachusetts to Captain William and Jemima Lyman. Lyman attended Yale College, graduating in 1776.

In about 1781, Lyman married Jerusha Welles, of East Hartford, Connecticut, they had eight children. Jerusha died at age 43, on June 11, 1803.< Lyman served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1787 and in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1789.

Lyman was a candidate for the first congress and ran in the Hampshire Berkshire District as an Anti-Federalist against the Federalist candidate Theodore Sedgwick. Sedgwick was elected. However, seventeen towns that were favorable to Lyman were late in sending in their returns and had these towns sent in their returns in a timely manner Lyman would have been elected.

Lyman represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1793 to March 3, 1797.

In 1804 Lyman was appointed U.S. consul in London. He died while on duty 22 September 1811 and is interred in the Cathedral at Gloucester, England.