Theodore Lyman II
Theodore Lyman II | |
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Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts | |
In office 1834–1836 | |
Preceded by | Charles Wells |
Succeeded by | Samuel T. Armstrong |
Personal details | |
Born | September 20, 1792 Working Men's[1] |
Relations | George W. Lyman (brother) |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Theodore Lyman II (September 20, 1792 – July 18, 1849) was an American
Mayor of Boston
In 1833 Lyman defeated William Sullivan, the Whig candidate,[1] and was elected the first Democratic Mayor of Boston. He served for two years from January 1834 through January 1836. Lyman was such a popular mayor that when he ran for reelection he was nominated by the Whigs.[1]
Views on Slavery and Equality
As Mayor of Boston, Lyman had to keep the peace between radical abolitionists, and industrialists who feared anti-slavery agitators would cause southern plantation owners to cut ties with the northern mills and merchants. In August 1835 he presided over an anti-abolition meeting in Boston [citation??] and then, a few weeks later, during an anti-Abolitionist riot, he rescued William Lloyd Garrison from the mob and confined him to jail to save his life.[2]
He was a liberal benefactor of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and of the Farm School and was the founder of the State Reform School for Boys, a reform school in Westborough to which he gave $72,000.
Writings
- Three Weeks in Paris (1814)
- The Political State of Italy (1820)
- Account of the Hartford Convention (1823); in which he defended those who were concerned in that convention as an expression of harbored hatred for both Presidents, John Adams and J.Q. Adams. (SEE Essex Junto)
- The Diplomacy of the United States with Foreign Nations (1828); a work which is still valuable for the period covered.
See also
- 1830 Boston mayoral election –lost
- 1831 Boston mayoral election –lost
- 1832 Boston mayoral election –lost
- 1833 Boston mayoral election –won
- 1834 Boston mayoral election –won
- 1837 Boston mayoral election –lost
- Timeline of Boston, 1830s
Footnotes
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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- ^ "Boston Gentlemen Riot for Slavery". 13 July 2015.