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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam LYMAN
(1755-1811)
LYMAN, William, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Northampton, Mass.,
December 7, 1755; was graduated from Yale College in 1776; served
in the Revolutionary War; during Shays’ Rebellion was aide to
General Shepard, with rank of major; member of the State house of
representatives in 1787; served in the State senate in 1789;
elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the Third Congress
and reelected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4,
1793-March 3, 1797); brigadier general of State militia 1796-1800;
United States consul at London, England, from 1805 until his death
in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, on September 22, 1811;
interment in the cathedral at Gloucester, England, and later a
monument was erected to his memory in the Old Cemetery,
Northampton, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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