Aaron Lyle (November 17, 1759 – September 24, 1825) was a member of the

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from

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. Aaron Lyle was born in Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania. He served in the

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, and was a member of the

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from 1797 to 1801. He served in the

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from 1802 to 1804. He served as a commissioner of

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, from 1806 to 1809. Lyle was elected as a Republican to the

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and to the three succeeding Congresses. He resumed agricultural pursuits and served as an original trustee of Jefferson (later

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) College in

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, from 1802 to 1822. He died at

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. Interment in the Old Cemetery.

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1759 births 1825 deaths Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania state senators People of Pennsylvania in the American Revolution Politicians from Northampton County, Pennsylvania Washington & Jefferson College trustees {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub