Alfred Lee Wyman (December 9, 1874 – December 15, 1953) was a

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of the

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Education and career

Born in Yankton,

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(State of

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from November 2, 1889), Wyman

read law Reading law was the method used in common law countries, particularly the United States, for people to prepare for and enter the legal profession before the advent of law schools. It consisted of an extended internship or apprenticeship under the ...

in 1896 to enter the Bar, and was in private practice in Yankton intermittently from 1896 until 1929. He was state's attorney of Yankton County from 1905 to 1908 and again from 1915 to 1918. He was city attorney of Yankton from 1909 to 1914. He was a member of the

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in 1909, and of the

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in 1911. He was the Mayor of Yankton from 1914 to 1924.

Federal judicial service

On April 18, 1929, Wyman was nominated by President

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to a new seat on the

created by 45 Stat. 1317. He was confirmed by the

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on May 10, 1929, and received his commission the same day. On December 9, 1953, President

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certified Wyman involuntarily as disabled in accordance with the act of October 31, 1951, 65 Stat. 710, which entitled the President to appoint an additional judge for the court and provided that no successor to the judge certified as disabled be appointed.

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was appointed to the additional judgeship. Wyman died six days later on December 15, 1953.

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