Joseph Lyman (September 13, 1840 – July 9, 1890) was a

Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...

soldier, lawyer, and judge. In the 1880s, he was a two-term Republican

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...

from

Iowa's 9th congressional district Iowa's 9th congressional district existed from 1873 to 1943. The district was configured four times, first as part of a nine-district plan, then twice in eleven-district plans, then again in a nine-district plan. In the nine-district plans, th ...

in southwestern Iowa.

Biography

Lyman was born in

Lyons, Michigan Lyons is a village in Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 789 at the 2010 census. Most of the village is within Lyons Township. A small portion extends west into Ionia Township. Geography According to the United ...

, in Ionia County. After he attended the common schools in Ohio, he moved to Big Grove (later named

Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...

), Iowa, in 1857. He then attended Iowa College (later named

Grinnell College Grinnell College ( ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalis ...

), in

Grinnell, Iowa Grinnell ( ) is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,564 at the time of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. It is best known for being the home of Grinnell College, as well as being the location of the ...

. After the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Lyman enlisted in the Union Army. He initially served in Company E of the

4th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry The 4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 4th Iowa Cavalry was organized at Camp Harlan in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, beginning in September 1861, and mustered in for ...

. He later served as an adjutant of the

29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 29th Iowa Infantry was organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on D ...

, from October 19, 1862, to February 21, 1865, including service during 1864 as aide de camp and Inspector General on the staff of Brig. Gen.

Samuel Allen Rice Samuel Allen Rice (January 27, 1828 – July 6, 1864) was born in Cattaraugus, New York. He attended Franklin College (New Athens, Ohio) in Ohio and then graduated from Union College at Schenectady, New York in 1849. Then in 1851, he moved ...

."Obituary," New York Times, 1890-07-10 at p. 5. He was a major of the same regiment and aide de camp and acting assistant adjutant general on the staff of Maj. Gen.

Frederick Steele Major General Frederick Steele (January 14, 1819 – January 12, 1868) was an American military officer who served in the Army in the Mexican-American War, Yuma War, and American Civil War. He is most noted for capturing the Arkansas state capi ...

from February 21, 1865, to August 10, 1865. After the war, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and commenced practice in

Council Bluffs, Iowa Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The population was 62,799 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the state's List of cities in Iowa, te ...

. He initially served as deputy collector of internal revenue of the fifth district of Iowa, from 1867 to 1870. Later in his legal career, he became a judge of the circuit court in 1884. In 1884, he was elected as a Republican to the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

from Iowa's 9th congressional district, and served in the Forty-ninth U.S. Congress. Two years later, he was re-elected to a second term (in the Fiftieth U.S. Congress). However, he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1888. In all, he served in Congress from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889. Lyman resumed the practice of law in Council Bluffs, where he died of paralysis, after a long period of sickness. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery.

References

Retrieved on 2009-04-20

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyman, Joseph 1840 births 1890 deaths People from Ionia County, Michigan Politicians from Council Bluffs, Iowa Union army officers Iowa lawyers Iowa state court judges Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa 19th-century Iowa state court judges 19th-century American lawyers Military personnel from Michigan Military personnel from Iowa Grinnell College alumni 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives