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Lyman Rufus Casey

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Lyman Rufus Casey

Birth
York, Livingston County, New York, USA
Death
26 Jan 1914 (aged 76)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
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Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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U.S. Senator. Moving to Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1853, he received a classical education and became successful in the hardware business. He relocated to Territory of Dakota, in 1882, became a rancher and was chairman of the North Dakota Committee on Irrigation as commissioner of Foster County, in 1887. Upon the admission of North Dakota as a State into the Union, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving (1889-93). An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he lived in retirement until his death at age 76.
U.S. Senator. Moving to Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1853, he received a classical education and became successful in the hardware business. He relocated to Territory of Dakota, in 1882, became a rancher and was chairman of the North Dakota Committee on Irrigation as commissioner of Foster County, in 1887. Upon the admission of North Dakota as a State into the Union, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving (1889-93). An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he lived in retirement until his death at age 76.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7527367/lyman_rufus-casey: accessed ), memorial page for Lyman Rufus Casey (6 May 1837–26 Jan 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7527367, citing Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.