Myron Lawrence
Myron Lawrence | |
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| President of the Massachusetts Senate[1] | |
| In office 1837–1840 | |
| Preceded by | Horace Mann |
| Succeeded by | Daniel P. King |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from Hampshire County | |
| In office January 7, 1835 – December 31, 1839 Serving with Eliphalet Williams (1835) William Clark Jr. (1838–39) | |
| Preceded by | John Leland |
| Succeeded by | William Bowdoin Timothy A. Phelps |
| In office January 3, 1844 – January 6, 1846 Serving with Benjamin Burrett (1844–45) | |
| Preceded by | Edward Dickinson Samuel Williston |
| Succeeded by | Chauncey B. Rising Joseph B. Woods |
| In office 1852 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1827–1828 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 18, 1799 |
| Died | November 7, 1852 (aged 53) |
| Spouse | Clarissa Dwight |
| Children | Sarah T. D. Lawrence |
| Alma mater | Middlebury College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Myron Lawrence (May 18, 1799 – November 7, 1852) was a Massachusetts lawyer[1] and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts General Court and served as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.[2]
Early life
[edit]Lawrence, the son of Benjamin Lawrence,[3] was born in Middlebury, Vermont, on May 18, 1799.[2]
Education
[edit]Lawrence attended Addison County Grammar School.[2] In 1820, he graduated from Middlebury College where, from 1851[3] to 1852, he was a trustee.[3] Lawrence read law in the office of Hon. Mark Doolittle of Belchertown, Massachusetts.[2]
Legal career
[edit]After reading law and passing the Massachusetts Bar, Lawrence practiced law in Belchertown, Massachusetts, until his death on November 7, 1852.[2]
Family life
[edit]On March 28, 1824, Lawrence married Clarissa Dwight, daughter of Colonel Henry Dwight and Ruth Rich.[3]. They had three children, including Sara (1827-1912), an antislavery activist and writer during the Bleeding Kansas period of the 1850s. When her husband Charles L. Robinson was took office as Governor of Kansas in 1861, Sara became the inaugural First Lady of Kansas.
Public service
[edit]Lawrence served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1827-1828 and 1849-1850, in the Massachusetts Senate in 1835-1839, 1844–46 and 1852, as the President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1837 to 1840, and as a member of the 1844 commission on the Boundary line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island.[1]
Death
[edit]Lawrence died in Belchertown, Massachusetts,[1] on November 7, 1852.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Boyce, Thomas E. (1890), Catalogue of the Officers and Alumni of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: And All Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800 to 1889, Middlebury, Vermont: Middlebury College, p. 49
- ^ a b c d e f Pearson, Thomas Scott (1853), Catalogue of the Graduates of Middlebury College: Embracing a Biographical Register and Directory, Middlebury, Vermont: Associated Alumni of Middlebury College, p. 55
- ^ a b c d e Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge (1874), The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Massachusetts, vol. 1, Dedham, Massachusetts: Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, p. 923
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