Lyman R. Casey

Lyman Rufus Casey
United States Senator
from North Dakota
In office
November 25, 1889 – March 4, 1893
Preceded by(none)
Succeeded byWilliam N. Roach
Personal details
Born(1837-05-06)May 6, 1837
York, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 1914(1914-01-26) (aged 76)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeGreen Mount Cemetery
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
PartyRepublican
Spouse
Harriett Mary Platt
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(m. 1861)​
Children3
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Lyman Rufus Casey Jr. (May 6, 1837 – January 26, 1914) was an American politician from North Dakota. He moved to the Dakota Territory from New York in 1882 and worked in ranching and real estate. He was one of the first two senators to represent North Dakota in the U.S. Senate, serving from 1889 to 1893.

Early life

Lyman Rufus Casey was born on May 6, 1837, in York, New York.[1][2]In 1853, Casey moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Michigan, and was raised and attended school there.[1][3]

Career

Casey engaged in the hardware business for many years. He worked for Pratt & Company. He also worked for the Buffalo branch of L. B. Pratt of Baltimore.[1][4] He moved to Detroit.[4] In 1882, he moved to Carrington, Foster County, Territory of Dakota, and became a rancher.[1] He organized the Carrington-Casey Land Company.[5] He was chairman of the North Dakota Committee on Irrigation and was commissioner of Foster County in 1887.[1][3]

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.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1892.[1] While in the Senate, he was chairman of the railroads committee (Fifty-second Congress).[1] He moved to New York City and later to Washington, D.C.[1]

Personal life

In 1861, Casey married Harriett Mary Platt.[2] One of her siblings was Jane Platt, wife of the drinking straw inventor Marvin C. Stone.[6] The couple had two sons and a daughter, Frank, Carl, and Mrs. Atwood Topliff.[7] He was affiliated with the Lafayette Presbyterian Church.[4] He lived in Jamestown, North Dakota, until around 1908 or 1909.[5]

Casey died at his apartment at Westmoreland in Washington, D.C. on January 25, 1914.[1][2][8] He was buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Casey, Lyman Rufus". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Businessman became one of N.D.'s first senators". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Lyman R. Casey". The Bottineau Courant. January 30, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved May 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. 1 2 3 "Senator Lyman R. Casey was Well Known in Buffalo". The Buffalo Express. February 14, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved May 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. 1 2 "First N.D. Senator is Dead". The Fargo Forum. January 26, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved May 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ↑ "What Once Was Washington DC, Center of Manufacturing". July 18, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lyman R. Casey". The Baltimore Sun. January 28, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved May 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. ↑ "Lyman R. Casey, First Senator from State, Dies in Washington". Bismarck Daily Tribune. January 27, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved May 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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