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LYMAN, Joseph Stebbins (1785-1821)

Democrat-Republican of New York

15th congressional district

Served in House 1819-1821

Total roll-call votes cast: 72

Note: This member has cast relatively few votes and so their ideological score may be unstable or inaccurate. Members who have cast at least 100 votes have more reliable scores.

Biography

A Representative from New York; born in Northfield, Franklin County, Mass., February 14, 1785; attended the common schools; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1806; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cooperstown, N.Y.; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); was not a candidate for renomination in 1821; died in Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., March 21, 1821; interment in Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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