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James Manning Tyler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Preceded byDudley C. Denison
Succeeded byLuke P. Poland
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1863–1864
Personal details
Born

James Manning Tyler


(1835-04-27)April 27, 1835
Wilmington, Vermont, U.S.
DiedOctober 13, 1926(1926-10-13) (aged 91)
Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S.
Resting placeProspect Hill Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJane Pearson Miles Tyler
EducationAlbany Law School

James Manning Tyler (April 27, 1835 – October 13, 1926) was an American politician, lawyer and judge from Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont for two terms from 1879 to 1883.

Early life and education

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James Manning Tyler, Vermont Congressman and Judge. 1882.

Tyler was born in Wilmington, Vermont, the son of Ephraim Tyler and Mary (Bissell) Tyler. He attended the Brattleboro Academy.[1] He graduated from Albany Law School and was admitted to the bar in September 1860.[2]

Career

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After completing his legal studies, Tyler began the practice of law in Wilmington.

He served as member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1863 and 1864, and as State's attorney in 1866 and 1867.[3] He was a trustee of the Brattleboro Retreat from 1875 until 1926, and a Trustee of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane from 1875 until 1926.[4]

Congress

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Tyler was elected as a Republican candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1879, until March 3, 1883.[5] He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1882.

After Congress

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After serving in Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession in Brattleboro, Vermont. Among the prospective attorneys who studied under him was Frank L. Fish, who later served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.[6] Tyler was appointed to succeed William H. Walker as a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court in September 1887 and served until his resignation on December 1, 1908.[7] He served as president of the Vermont National Bank from 1917 until 1923, and as president of the Vermont-Peoples' National Bank in 1923 and 1924.[8]

Personal life

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Tyler married Jane Pearson Miles on September 1, 1875. They had one child who died in infancy.[9]

Tyler died on October 13, 1926, in Brattleboro, Vermont, and is interred in the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "TYLER, James Manning". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  • ^ United States Congress (1913). A Biographical Congressional Directory. Government Printing Office. pp. 1069. James Manning Tyler vermont supreme court.
  • ^ "Township Information Brattleboro". Ancestry.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  • ^ "Township Information Brattleboro". Ancestry.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  • ^ "Rep. James Tyler". Govtrack.us. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  • ^ Crockett, Walter Hill (1923). Vermont, The Green Mountain State. Vol. 5. New York, NY: Century History Company. p. 187.
  • ^ United States. Government Printing Office (1913). Congressional serial set. United States. Government Printing Office. p. 1069.
  • ^ "TYLER, James Manning, (1835 - 1926)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  • ^ Linzee, John William (1918). The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants, with the Best Wishes of the Author. Priv. Print. [S. Usher]. p. 104. ISBN 9780598999337.
  • ^ "James Manning Tyler". Find A Grave. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  • ^ "Tyler, James Manning (1835-1926)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
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    Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

    U.S. House of Representatives
    Preceded by

    Dudley C. Denison

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Vermont's 2nd congressional district

    1879-1883
    Succeeded by

    Luke P. Poland


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