James Manning Tyler (April 27, 1835 – October 13, 1926) was an American politician, lawyer and judge from Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont for two terms from 1879 to 1883.
James Manning Tyler | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | Dudley C. Denison |
| Succeeded by | Luke P. Poland |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
| In office 1863–1864 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Manning Tyler April 27, 1835 Wilmington, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | October 13, 1926 (aged 91) Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S. |
| Resting place | Prospect Hill Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Jane Pearson Miles Tyler |
| Education | Albany Law School |
Early life and education
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Tyler was born in Wilmington, Vermont, the son of Ephraim Tyler and Mary (Bissell) Tyler. He attended the Brattleboro Academy.[1] He graduated from Albany Law School and was admitted to the bar in September 1860.[2]
Career
editAfter completing his legal studies, Tyler began the practice of law in Wilmington.
He served as member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1863 and 1864, and as State's attorney in 1866 and 1867.[3] He was a trustee of the Brattleboro Retreat from 1875 until 1926, and a Trustee of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane from 1875 until 1926.[4]
Congress
editTyler was elected as a Republican candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1879, until March 3, 1883.[5] He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1882.
After Congress
editAfter serving in Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession in Brattleboro, Vermont. Among the prospective attorneys who studied under him was Frank L. Fish, who later served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.[6] Tyler was appointed to succeed William H. Walker as a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court in September 1887 and served until his resignation on December 1, 1908.[7] He served as president of the Vermont National Bank from 1917 until 1923, and as president of the Vermont-Peoples' National Bank in 1923 and 1924.[8]
Personal life
editTyler married Jane Pearson Miles on September 1, 1875. They had one child who died in infancy.[9]
Tyler died on October 13, 1926, in Brattleboro, Vermont, and is interred in the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro.[10]
References
edit- ^ "TYLER, James Manning". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ United States Congress (1913). A Biographical Congressional Directory. Government Printing Office. pp. 1069.
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- ^ "Township Information Brattleboro". Ancestry.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Township Information Brattleboro". Ancestry.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Rep. James Tyler". Govtrack.us. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ Crockett, Walter Hill (1923). Vermont, The Green Mountain State. Vol. 5. New York, NY: Century History Company. p. 187.
- ^ United States. Government Printing Office (1913). Congressional serial set. United States. Government Printing Office. p. 1069.
- ^ "TYLER, James Manning, (1835 - 1926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ Linzee, John William (1918). The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants, with the Best Wishes of the Author. Priv. Print. [S. Usher]. p. 104. ISBN 9780598999337.
- ^ "Tyler, James Manning (1835-1926)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
External links
edit- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: TYLER, James Manning, (1835 - 1926)
- James Manning Tyler at Find a Grave
- The Political Graveyard: Tyler, James Manning (1835-1926)
- Govtrack.us: Rep. James Tyler
- Our Campaigns: Tyler, James Manning
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress