Background
Wyman, Alfred Lee was born on December 9, 1874 in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. Son of Frank D. and Mattie C. (Carlton) Wyman.
Wyman, Alfred Lee was born on December 9, 1874 in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. Son of Frank D. and Mattie C. (Carlton) Wyman.
Graduated from the high school, Yankton, 1893. Studied law in office French & Orvis, Yankton.
Born in Yankton, South Dakota, Wyman read law in 1896 to enter the Bar, and was in private practice in Yankton intermittently from 1896 until 1929. He was a State"s attorney of Yankton County from 1905 to 1908 and again from 1915 to 1918. He was a City attorney of Yankton from 1909 to 1914.
He was the Mayor of Yankton, South Dakota from 1914 to 1924.
On April 18, 1929, Wyman was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota created by 45 Statistics 1317. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 10, 1929, and received his commission the same day, serving in that capacity until his death.
He was a Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives in 1909, and of the South Dakota State Senate in 1911.
Married Bessie M. White, December 8, 1900. Children: Leila Grace (Mistress Casper O. Pfefferle), Gale Burdette, Frank Doctorate., West. Keith, Ernest Blake, William Ward, Lyle K. (deceased).