Myron Lawrence
Myron Lawrence | |
---|---|
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 Middlebury, Vermont |
Died | November 7, 1852 (aged 53) Belchertown, Massachusetts |
Spouse | Clarissa Dwight |
Children | Sarah T. D. Lawrence |
Alma mater | Middlebury College |
Profession | Lawyer |
[1][2][3] | |
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
Lawrence, the son of Benjamin Lawrence,[3] was born in Middlebury, Vermont, on May 18, 1799.[2]
Education
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
After reading law and passing the Massachusetts Bar, Lawrence practiced law in Belchertown, Massachusetts, until his death on November 7, 1852.[2]
Family life
On March 28, 1824, Lawrence married Clarissa Dwight, daughter of Colonel Henry Dwight and Ruth Rich.[3]
Public service
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
Lawrence died in Belchertown, Massachusetts,[1] on November 7, 1852.
Massachusetts Senate | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | President of the Massachusetts Senate 1838-1839 | Succeeded by |
See also
- 59th Massachusetts General Court (1838)
- 60th Massachusetts General Court (1839)
References
- ^ 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
- v
- t
- e
- Cushing
- Powell
- Adams
- S. Phillips
- Adams
- Cobb
- Otis
- J. Bacon
- S. Dana
- Otis
- S. Dana
- J. Phillips
- Silsbee
- Mills
- S. Leland
- Lathrop
- Fowler
- Saltonstall
- Thorndike
- Pickman
- Bliss
- Mann
- M. Lawrence
- King
- Quincy
- P. Leland
- Robinson
- Quincy
- Lincoln
- Calhoun
- Scudder
- Bell
- Wilder
- Wilson
- Warren
- Cook
- Benchley
- Baker
- Upham
- Phelps
- Claflin
- Clifford
- Field
- Pond
- Brastow
- Pitman
- Brastow
- H. Coolidge
- Loring
- Cogswell
- Bishop
- Crocker
- Bruce
- Pillsbury
- Boardman
- Hartwell
- Sprague
- Pinkerton
- Butler
- G. Lawrence
- Smith
- Soule
- Jones
- W. Dana
- Chapple
- Treadway
- Greenwood
- C. Coolidge
- H. Wells
- McKnight
- Allen
- W. Wells
- G. Bacon
- Fish
- Moran
- Wragg
- Cotton
- Goodwin
- Hunt
- A. Coolidge
- Nicholson
- Richardson
- Dolan
- Richardson
- Furbush
- Holmes
- Powers
- Donahue
- Harrington
- Bulger
- Birmingham
- Travaglini
- Murray
- Rosenberg
- Chandler
- Spilka