LYON, MATTHEW
\lˈa͡ɪɒn], \lˈaɪɒn], \l_ˈaɪ_ɒ_n]\
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(1746-1822), came to America from Ireland in 1759. He represented Vermont in the U.S. Congress as an Anti-Federalist and Democrat from 1797 to 1801. He was a U.S. Congressman from Kentucky from 1803 to 1811. A strong Democrat, he was prosecuted under the Sedition Act of 1798.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.