Archibald Lybrand (May 23, 1840 – February 7, 1910) was a lawyer, soldier, businessman, and a

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from

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for two terms from 1897 to 1901.

Biography

Born in

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, Lybrand moved to

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, in 1857. He attended the common schools and the

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at Delaware. During the

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, he enlisted in the Union Army on April 26, 1861, and served in Company I, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He later transferred to Company E, Seventy-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to

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. He was later commissioned as the company's

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. He remained in the service three years. After mustering out, he returned to Delaware, Ohio, where he served as mayor in 1869. He studied law and was

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in 1871. He was a landowner and also engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits. He served as the

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of Delaware from 1881–85.

Congress

Lybrand was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900 and resumed his business activities in Delaware, Ohio.

Death

He died in

Daytona, Florida Daytona Beach is a coastal resort city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. Located on the East Coast of the United States, its population was 72,647 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropo ...

, February 7, 1910, and was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.

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Retrieved on 2008-09-28

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