Walter Lyon (Pennsylvania)

Walter Lyon

6th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
In office January 20, 1895 – January 15, 1899
Governor	Daniel H. Hastings
Preceded by	Louis Arthur Watres
Succeeded by	John P. S. Gobin
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
In office 1893
Personal details
Born	(1853-04-27)April 27, 1853
Died	March 21, 1933(1933-03-21) (aged 79)
Political party	Republican
Religion	Presbyterian

Walter Lyon (April 27, 1853 – March 21, 1933) was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania as a Republican from 1895 to 1899.

He was born in Shaler Township, Pennsylvania. He was educated at the Wakeam Academy and was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1876. In 1889, he was appointed as United States District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He resigned from this position in 1893 to run for Pennsylvania State Senate; he served in this body for one term until his election as Lieutenant Governor. After leaving politics, he founded the Pittsburgh law firm of Lyon, Hunter & Burke. He later retired to Sewickley, Pennsylvania.

External links

The Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by Louis A. Watres	Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania 1895–1899	Succeeded by John P. S. Gobin

Lieutenant Governors and Vice-Presidents of Pennsylvania

Vice-Presidents (1777–90)	Bryan M. Smith Moore Potter Ewing Irvine Biddle Muhlenberg Redick Ross

Lieutenant Governors (since 1875)	Latta Stone Black Davies Watres Lyon Gobin Brown Murphy Reynolds McClain Beidleman D. Davis James Shannon Kennedy Lewis Bell Strickler Wood Furman J. Davis Shafer Broderick Kline Scranton Singel Schweiker Jubelirer Knoll Scarnati Cawley Stack

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