Knapp, Lyman E. (Lyman Enos), 1837-1904

Lyman Enos Knapp was the third territorial governor of Alaska from 1889-1893, in Sitka. He was born in Somerset, VT, Nov. 5, 1837. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1862 and fought in the Civil War. After the war he edited the Middlebury Register for 13 years. He was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1876, and received an M.A. and L.L.D. from Whitman College in 1893. Knapp was probate judge in Addison County, VT, 1879-1889. In 1889, President Harrison appointed Knapp governor of Alaska and he served until 1893. He married Martha A. Severance in Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 1865, and they had four children: George, Edwin, Frances, and Mary (May). Knapp was founder and first president of the Anti-Saloon League of Washington. He was also founder and first president of the Alaska Historical Society. He died in Seattle, Oct. 9, 1904.

From the description of Lyman E. Knapp photograph collection, ca. 1890's [graphic]. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 51175719

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