Stephen L. Mayham
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Stephen Lorenzo Mayham (October 8, 1826 – March 3, 1908) was an attorney and politician from Schoharie County, New York, most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from New York and a justice of the New York Supreme Court.
Early life
Stephen L. Mayham was born in Blenheim, New York on October 8, 1826, a son of John and Betsey (Ferguson) Mayham.[1] Mayham was one of twelve children, eleven of whom survived to adulthood. His siblings included Thomas Friend Mayham, a physician who served as mayor of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Another brother, Jay Mayham, served as judge of the Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin court.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mayham's brother J. Banks Mayham served as mayor of Murphysboro, Illinois.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Mayham worked on his family's farm while attending the local schools.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He obtained his teaching credentials, and at age eighteen began working a teacher in the district schools.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1844 he began studying law at the Gilboa, New York Gilboa office of attorney Samuel W. Jackson, who later served as a justice of the New York Supreme Court.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He completed his studies at the Ithaca, New York office of Samuel Love and George G. Freer, attained admission to the bar in 1848, and began to practice in Blenheim.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Early career
A Democrat, Mayham served as Schoharie County's superintendent of schools from 1852 to 1857.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". From 1858 to 1860 he was Blenheim's town supervisor.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". From 1859 to 1862 he served as District Attorney of Schoharie County.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1862, he moved to Schoharie, and in 1863, he served a one-year term in the New York State Assembly.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In 1868, Mayham was elected to the United States House of Representatives.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He served in the 41st Congress, March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". During this term, he served on the Committee on Private Land Claims and the Committee on Expenditures of the State and Post Office Departments.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In 1876 he was elected to the 45th Congress, March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1879.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". During this term, he was a member of the Committee on the District of Columbia and the Committee on State Department Expenditures.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Later career
Mayham served as judge of the Schoharie County Court and the county surrogate court from 1883 to 1887.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was also a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1884 and again in 1892.[2] In 1886, Mayham was elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court, and he served until 1897.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mayham was president of Schoharie's board of education for eight years, and was the first president of the Schoharie Valley Railroad Company.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". After leaving the bench, he practiced law in partnership with his son Claude, and was often sought out to act as a referee for corporate and railroad litigation.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Death and burial
Mayham died in Schoharie, New York on March 3, 1908.[3][4] His body lays at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery in Schoharie.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Family
In 1849, Mayham married Julia A. Martin (1829-1895).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[5] They were the parents of sons Matt F., Don S. and Claude B., and daughter Ida L.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
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