James Manning Tyler (April 27, 1835 – October 13, 1926) was an American politician, lawyer and judge from

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. He served as a

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from

Early life and education

Tyler was born in

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, the son of Ephraim Tyler and Mary (Bissell) Tyler. He attended the Brattleboro Academy. He graduated from

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and was

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in September 1860.

Career

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. 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. Tyler was elected as a

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candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1879 until March 3, 1883. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1882. After serving in Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession in

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. Among the prospective attorneys who studied under him was Frank L. Fish, who later served as an associate justice of the

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. Tyler was appointed to succeed William H. Walker as a judge on the

in September 1887 and served until his resignation on December 1, 1908. 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.

Personal life

Tyler married Jane Pearson Miles on September 1, 1875. They had one child who died in infancy. Tyler died on October 13, 1926 in Brattleboro, Vermont, and is interred in the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro.

References

External links

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: TYLER, James Manning, (1835 - 1926)
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Govtrack.us: Rep. James Tyler

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyler, James Manning 1835 births 1926 deaths People from Wilmington, Vermont Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont Republican Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives Lawyers from Brattleboro, Vermont Justices of the Vermont Supreme Court Albany Law School alumni State's attorneys in Vermont 19th-century American lawyers