Lyman E. Barnes

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Lyman Eddy Barnes (June 30, 1855 - January 16, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, Barnes attended the public schools and the law department of Columbia College, New York City. He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Appleton, Wisconsin, the same year. He moved to Rockledge, Florida, in 1882, where he remained about five years and continued the practice of law. He returned to Appleton, Wisconsin, and was elected district attorney of Outagamie County.

Barnes was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Appleton, Wisconsin, on January 16, 1904. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.