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Asa Lyon (December 31, 1763 – April 4, 1841) was an American politician. He served as a United States representative from Vermont.
Asa Lyon | |
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Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's At-large district | |
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | |
Preceded by | Charles Rich |
Succeeded by | Heman Allen |
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
In office 1799-1802 1804-1806 1808 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pomfret, Connecticut Colony, British America | December 31, 1763
Died | April 4, 1841 77) South Hero, Vermont, U.S. | (aged
Political party | Federalist |
Spouse | Esther Newell Lyon |
Children | Esther Lyon, Abigail Lyon and Newell Lyon |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
Profession | Politician, Pastor |
Lyon was born in Pomfret in the Connecticut Colony to Jonathan Lyon and Rebecca Maxley Lyon. He attended the common schools. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1790.[1] He was a divinity student with the Reverend Charles Backus in Somers, Connecticut.[2] Lyon was ordained the pastor of the Congregational Church in Sunderland, Massachusetts, in 1792.[3] He moved to South Hero, Vermont, in 1794 where he studied law. Lyon was also a tutor, and among his students was Herman R. Beardsley, who later served as a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[4]
Lyon was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1799 until 1802, 1804 until 1806 and 1808. He was a member of the Vermont Executive Council in 1808.[5] Lyon was a town representative in Grande Isle from 1810 until 1813.[6] He organized the church in South Hero and served as its first pastor from 1802 until 1840,[7] and as chief judge of Grand Isle County Courts from 1805 until 1809, 1813 and 1814.[8]
He was elected as a Federalist candidate to the Fourteenth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1815, until March 3, 1817.[9]
Lyon married Esther Newell Lyon. They had three children, Esther Lyon, Abigail Lyon and Newell Lyon.[7] Lyon was thought to be the second-cousin of Robert Burns, the Scottish poet and lyricist.[10][11]
Lyon died in South Hero on April 4, 1841.[7] He is interred at the Grand Isle Cemetery in Grand Isle, Vermont.[7]
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