Lyman M. Bass

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Lyman Metcalfe Bass (July 5, 1876 – July 9, 1955) was an American attorney from New York.

Life[]

Bass was born on July 5, 1876 in Buffalo, New York, the only child of Lyman K. Bass and Frances E. Metcalfe. When he was a baby, the family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]

Bass attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, graduating from there in 1893.[2] He then went to Yale College, graduating from there with honors in 1897. He played end on the Yale football team for three years.[3] During the Spanish-American War, he served as a Second Lieutenant in Battery F., 3rd U.S. Artillery and fought in Puerto Rico with them. He also served on the staff of Major-General James H. Wilson. After he finished his military service he went to Harvard Law School, graduating with honors and an LL.B. in 1900.[4]

Bass was admitted to the bar shortly after graduating. He returned to Buffalo and spent the next two years in the law office of Rogers, Locke & Milburn. He then worked in the law firm Bissell, Carey & Cooke. becoming a partner of the firm in 1906. He remained with the firm when it was reorganized into Kenefick, Cooke & Mitchell, which was also a successor of his father's old firm, Bass, Cleveland & Bissell. In 1905, Governor Higgins appointed him to the Board of Managers for the State Industrial School in Rochester, a position he held until his resignation in 1907. In 1907, Mayor Adam appointed him Chairman of the Army Post Commission.[1]

A staunch Republican, Bass was appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of New York by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.[3] He resigned from the position in 1908 and returned to his law practice.[5] He continued working in the law firm as a senior partner until his death, by then known as Kenefick, Bass, Letchworth, Baldy & Phillips.[6]

Bass attended the Protestant Episcopal Church.[4] He was a member of the Saturn Club, the Park Club, the University Club of New York, and the Boone and Crockett Club. In 1904, he married Grace Holland. They had three daughters, Susan Holland, Frances, and Grace.[5]

Bass died at home on July 9, 1955.[6] He was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York. II. The Genealogical Publishing Company. 1908. pp. 41–42 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Schwarz, J. C., ed. (1937). Who's Who in Law. I. New York, N.Y. p. 61 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b A History of the City of Buffalo, Its Men and Institutions: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens. Buffalo, N.Y.: Buffalo Evening News. 1908. pp. 211–212 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b Townshend, Henry H. (1908). Decennial Record of the Class of 1897, Yale College: 1897-1907. New Haven, C.T.: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company. pp. 42–43 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ a b Townshend, Henry H. Quindecennial Record of the Class of 1897, Yale College: 1897-1912. p. 77 – via HathiTrust.
  6. ^ a b "Lyman M. Bass" (PDF). The New York Times. CIV (35596). New York, N.Y. 10 July 1955. p. 75.
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