Lyman R. Casey

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

United States Senate
Preceded by
None
U.S. Senator (Class 1) from North Dakota
18891893
Served alongside: Gilbert A. Pierce, Henry C. Hansbrough
Succeeded by
William N. Roach
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