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	May 6, 1837 York, New York
Died	January 26, 1914 (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 Congress. "Lyman R. Casey (id: C000227)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.