Lyman R. Casey

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Lyman Rufus Casey

United States Senator from North Dakota
In office November 25, 1889 – March 4, 1893
Preceded by	(none)
Succeeded by	William N. Roach
Personal details
Born	(1837-05-06)May 6, 1837 York, New York
Died	January 26, 1914(1914-01-26) (aged 76) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican

Lyman Rufus Casey (May 6, 1837 – January 26, 1914) was a United States Senator from North Dakota. Born in York, New York, he moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1853. He received a classical education and engaged in the hardware business for many years; in 1882, he moved to Carrington, Foster County, Territory of Dakota, and became a rancher. He was chairman of the North Dakota Committee on Irrigation and was commissioner of Foster County in 1887.

Upon the admission of North Dakota as a State into the Union, Casey was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate and served from November 25, 1889, to March 4, 1893. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1892. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Railroads (Fifty-second Congress). He moved to New York City, and then returned to Washington, D.C., and died there in 1914. Interment was in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.

References

Lyman R. Casey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by None	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from North Dakota 1889–1893 Served alongside: Gilbert A. Pierce, Henry C. Hansbrough	Succeeded by William N. Roach

v t e United States Senators from North Dakota

Class 1	Casey Roach McCumber Frazier Langer Brunsdale Q. Burdick J. Burdick Conrad Heitkamp

Class 3	Pierce Hansbrough Johnson Thompson Purcell Gronna Ladd Nye Moses Young Andrews Conrad Dorgan Hoeven

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 55738557 LCCN: n89111720

Persondata
Name	Casey, Lyman
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	May 6, 1837
Place of birth	York, New York
Date of death	January 26, 1914
Place of death	Washington, D.C.

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