Theodore Lyman (militiaman)
| Theodore Lyman II | |
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| 5th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1834–1835 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Wells |
| Succeeded by | Samuel T. Armstrong |
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| Born | September 20, 1792 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 18, 1849 (aged 56) Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic and Workingmen[1] |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Theodore Lyman II (September 20, 1792 – July 18, 1849) was an American philanthropist, politician, and author, born in Boston, the son of Theodore Lyman and Lydia Pickering Williams. He graduated at Harvard in 1810, visited Europe (1812-14), studied law, and with Edward Everett, revisited Europe in 1817-19. From 1819 to 1822 he was aid-de-camp to the Governor of Massachusetts and became brigadier general of militia in 1823, from 1820 to 1825 he served in the State Legislature,
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[edit] 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]
[edit] Abolitionist
He was a steadfast opponent of the radical Abolitionists, and in August, 1835, presided over a pro-slavery meeting in Boston; though 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.
He was a liberal benefactor of the State Horticultural Society and of the Farm School and was the founder of the Lyman School for Boys, a reform school to which, altogether, he gave $72,000.
[edit] Writings
Lyman published:
- 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.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c Curry, Leonard P. (1997), The Corporate City: The American city as a Political Entity, 1800-1850, Westport, Ct: Greenwood Press, p. 96., ISBN 0-313-30277
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| Preceded by Charles Wells |
Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts 1834 - 1835 |
Succeeded by Samuel T. Armstrong |
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- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
