lawyer, politician, Congressman, b. Granville, Milwaukee County. He moved to Chilton, Calumet County, in 1864 where he farmed and taught school until 1871. After graduating from the Univ. of Wisconsin Law School (1875), he held various local offices, served as Independent state assemblyman (1873), district attorney of Calumet County (1879-1883), and Democratic state assemblyman (1883-1884). He moved to Antigo, Langlade County, in 1883, and was mayor of Antigo in 1885 and 1888. A Democrat, he served in the U.S. Congress (1891-1895). Lynch was also a member of the judiciary and state affairs committees. Biog. Dir. Amer. Cong. (1928); Wis. Blue Book (1883); P. M. Reed, Bench and Bar of Wis. (Milwaukee, 1882).

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[Source: Blue book]