Lyman K. Bass
Lyman Kidder Bass | |
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U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 | |
Preceded by | Walter L. Sessions |
Succeeded by | Daniel N. Lockwood |
Constituency | 31st district (1873–75) 32nd district (1875–77) |
16th District Attorney of Erie County, New York | |
In office January 1, 1866 – December 31, 1871 | |
Preceded by | Cyrenius C. Torrance |
Succeeded by | Benjamin H. Williams |
Personal details | |
Born | November 13, 1836 Union College |
Profession | Attorney |
Lyman Kidder Bass (November 13, 1836 – May 11, 1889) was an American lawyer, politician, U.S. Representative from New York, and the 16th District Attorney of Erie County, New York.
Early life
Born in the town of
Career
In 1865, Bass ran against Grover Cleveland and was narrowly elected district attorney for Erie County.[2] He served in this role from 1866 to 1871. He was renominated in 1871, but declined to accept. In 1870, he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to the Forty-second Congress.[1]
Bass was elected as a Republican U. S. Representative for the thirty-first district of New York to the Forty-third; and as Representative for the thirty-second district to the Forty-fourth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. Because of ill health, he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1876.[1]
While in congress, Bass made a name for himself while serving on the House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. During his time on the committee, it looked into spending by Secretary of War
After moving to
Personal life
He married Frances Esther Metcalfe, a daughter of James Harvey Metcalfe and Erzelia Frances (née Stetson) Metcalfe. She was also the sister of critic James Stetson Metcalfe. Before his early death, they were the parents of one child:[6]
- Lyman Metcalfe Bass (1876–1955), who married Grace Holland, a daughter of Nelson Holland.[7]
Bass died of consumption, in New York City's Buckingham Hotel on May 11, 1889. He is
References
- ^ a b c "BASSS, Lyman Kidder - Biographical Information". US Congress. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Parker, George Frederick: Recollections of Grover Cleveland, page 35. The Century Co., 1909.
- ^ The Belknap Impeachment, page 1. The New York Times, March 31, 1876.
- ^ Barnes, William Horatio. The American Government, Vol. II: Biographies of Members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-third Congress, page 143. New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1874.
- ^ Memorial and Family History of Erie County New York, Volume II, pages 39-40. The Genealogical Publishing Company, 1908.
- ^ a b "EX-SENATOR WOLCOTT DEAD.; Passes Away in Italy, Where He Had Been on a Visit". The New York Times. 2 March 1905. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Lyman M. Bass" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. CIV, no. 35596. New York, N.Y. 10 July 1955. p. 75.
- ^ "Lyman K. Bass". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
External links
- United States Congress. "Lyman K. Bass (id: B000221)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.