Archibald Lybrand (May 23, 1840 – February 7, 1910) was a lawyer, soldier, businessman, and a

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from

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for two terms from 1897 to 1901.

Biography

Born in

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, Lybrand moved to

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, in 1857. He attended the common schools and the

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at Delaware. During the

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, he enlisted in the

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on April 26, 1861, and served in Company I, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He later transferred to Company E, Seventy-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to

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. He was later commissioned as the company's

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. He remained in the service three years. After mustering out, he returned to Delaware, Ohio, where he served as mayor in 1869. He studied law and was

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in 1871. He was a landowner and also engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits. He served as the

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of Delaware from 1881–85.

Congress

Lybrand was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900 and resumed his business activities in Delaware, Ohio.

Death

He died in

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, February 7, 1910, and was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lybrand, Archibald 1840 births 1910 deaths People from Tarlton, Ohio People from Delaware, Ohio Burials at Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio Union Army officers People of Ohio in the American Civil War Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Mayors of places in Ohio 19th-century American legislators Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio