Biography

04/27/1853 - 03/21/1933

Milton Walter Lyon, Sr. (R42) Allegheny (Part) County 1893-1894

Early Life:

Milton Walter Lyon, Sr., born April 27, 1853, Shaler Township, Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Wakeam Academy; admitted, Allegheny County bar, 1876; attorney; married, Charlotte Wible, 1878 children, Milton Walter Lyon, Stanley Lyon, Ethel Lyon Opie, Jack Wible Lyon; appointed, United States District Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1889- resigned, 1893; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, Special Election, 1893-1894; elected, Republican, sixth lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, Governor Daniel H. Hastings, 1895-1899; delegate, Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908, 1916, 1924, 1928; founded, Pittsburgh law firm, Lyon, Hunter and Burke; appointed, United States District Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1921-1925; retired, Sewickley, Pennsylvania; died, March 21, 1933 (aged 79), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Oak Grove Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Appointed, United States District Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1889- resigned, 1893. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, Special Election, 42nd district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1893-1894; John Neeb died, February 19, 1893, Walter Lyon elected, April 11, 1893, to fill vacancy; committee assignments, Constitutional Reform, Corporations, Judiciary (General), Municipal Affairs, Vice and Immorality.

Elected, Republican, sixth lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, Governor Daniel H. Hastings, 1895-1899. 

Delegate, Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908, 1916, 1924, 1928.

Appointed, United States District Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1921-1925.

Legacy:

Wife, Charlotte Wible, an aunt of Simon Snyder, third Governor of Pennsylvania.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "L"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1893). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 810, 815-817, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 777.

Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923. Frank Marshall Eastman, Published: American Historical Society, Incorporated, 1922. Item notes: volume 4.

Original from Harvard University, Digitized Aug 22, 2007, Pages 219-220.

Milton Walter Lyon (1853-1933) - Find a Grave Memorial