Outagamie County County, WI - Biography of Lyman Eddy BARNES of Appleton 1855-1904

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Subject: Biography of Lyman Eddy BARNES of Appleton 1855-1904
Submitter: Janice Marasch
EMAIL: jmmarasch@aol.com
Date Submitted: May 25, 1999
Surnames: BARNES
Source: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, p. 817; http://data.ancestry.com/, 


Biography:
BARNES, Lyman Eddy, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Weyauwega, Waupaca County, Wis., June 30,
1855; attended the public schools and the law department of Columbia College, New York City; was admitted to the
bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Appleton,
 Outagamie County, Wis., the same year; moved to Rockledge, Brevard County, Fla., in 1882, where he remained
about five years and continued the practice of law; returned to Appleton, Wis., and was elected district attorney of
Outagamie County; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Appleton, Wis.,
January 16, 1904; interment in Riverside Cemetery.