Lyman W. Redington
American lawyer and legislator (1849-1925)
Lyman Williams Redington (March 14, 1849 – October 18, 1925) was an American attorney and politician who was active in Vermont and New York. A Democrat, he served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1880 to 1882, and the New York State Assembly from 1898 to 1900. In addition, as a Democrat during the more than 100 years when Republicans won every statewide election and contest for federal office, Redington was also an unsuccessful candidate for Vermont's 1st district seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1882, and governor of Vermont in 1884.
A native of Waddington, New York, Redington was educated at Vermont's Castleton Seminary and Massachusetts' Williston Academy. After attending Yale College and Columbia Law School, Redington studied law in the Milwaukee office of U.S. Senator Matthew H. Carpenter. After attaining admission to the bar, he practiced briefly in Wisconsin and Iowa before settling in Rutland Village, Vermont. Active in politics as a Democrat, Redington served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1878 to 1880, and Rutland's municipal judge from 1884 to 1885. In 1884, he was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor of Vermont. In 1885, he was appointed postmaster of Rutland Village, and he served until 1889.
Redington resigned as Rutland's postmaster because he relocated to New York City, where he continued to practice law and took part in politics as a member of the Tammany Hall Democratic organization.
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