13 Facts About Lyman Tremain

Lyman Tremain was a jurist and politician from New York.

Lyman Tremain was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced in Durham, where he was elected to his first political office as town supervisor in 1842.

Lyman Tremain was appointed District Attorney of Greene County in 1844.

Lyman Tremain was elected Surrogate in 1846, but lost reelection in 1851.

Lyman Tremain moved to Albany, New York in 1853 and entered into partnership with former Congressman Rufus Wheeler Peckham in 1855.

Lyman Tremain ran unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1862.

Lyman Tremain served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1866, and was elected Speaker.

Lyman Tremain was a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention and placed Governor Fenton's name in contention for Vice President on the ticket with General Grant.

In 1872, Tremain was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third United States Congress, defeating the incumbent Samuel Sullivan Cox.

Lyman Tremain served from March 4,1873, to March 3,1875, and then did not seek reelection.

In 1873, Lyman Tremain served with his partner's oldest son, Wheeler Hazard Peckham, as special counsel to the State in the prosecution of Boss Tweed.

Lyman Tremain was buried in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.

Tremain's son Frederick Lyman was a lieutenant colonel of the 10th New York Cavalry during the Civil War who was killed at the Battle of Hatcher's Run.