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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkCaleb LYON
(1822-1875)
LYON, Caleb, a
Representative from New York; born in Greig, N.Y., December 7,
1822; attended the common school in Lyondale and the schools in
Montreal, Canada; was graduated from Norwich University,
Northfield, Vt., in 1841; widely known as an extensive traveler and
student of foreign countries and customs; became a noted lecturer,
poet, author, and writer; appointed United States consul to
Shanghai, China, in 1847, but intrusted the office to a deputy and
moved to California, where he was chosen a secretary of the
California constitutional convention; was the designer of the State
seal adopted in 1849; returned to Lyonsdale, N.Y., and was elected
to the State assembly in 1850; resigned after opposing Erie Canal
improvement; served in the State senate in 1851; active in State
and local improvements and free schools; elected as an Independent
to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); moved
to Staten Island, N.Y.; Governor of the Territory of Idaho
1864-1865; successfully negotiated the treaty for lands with the
Shoshone Indians; returned to his home, “Lyonsmere,” in
Rossville, Staten Island, N.Y., where he died September 8, 1875;
interment in Greenwood Cemetery, New York City.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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