Lanman, James, 1767 - 1841

James Lanman (June 14, 1767-August 7, 1841) was the son of Peter Landman and Sarah Coit of Norwich, Connecticut.  After graduation from Yale in 1788, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1791.  Landman opened a respected practice in Norwich. In 1802, the General Assembly appointed him a justice of the peace for New London County. From 1814 to 1819, Landman was appointed State's Attorney for the County, and in 1817 was a member of the House of Representatives.  In 1818, he served on a committee on a matter concerning Mohegan Indians.  

 

The following year, Lanman became a United States Senator, a position he held until March 1825.  Afterward, he was appointed a judge of Connecticut's Supreme Court and served as mayor of Norwich (1831-1834), and representative to the General Assembly. again in 1833. Dexter, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, 608-609.  Acts and Resolves (Connecticut, 1802), 11. Portrait, Chester Harding, The Honorable James Lanman, Yale University Art Gallery.

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