Lawler, Frank – Lawrence, William W
Lawler, Frank
merchant, gressman, was born June 25, 1842, in Rochester, N. Y. He was elected a member of the Chicago city council in 1870, and re-elected in 1878, 1880, 1882 and 1884.
He was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-ninth congress; and reelected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat. He died in 1890 in Chicago, Ill.
Lawler, Joab
clergyman, state senator, congressman, was born June 12, 1796, in North Carolina. In 1826 he was elected to the lower house of the Alabama legislature; and was re-elected until 1831, in which year he was elected to the state senate. In 1832 he was appointed receiver of public moneys for the Coosa land district, and held the office until 1835. He was a representative in congress from Alabama from 1835 to 1838. He died May 8, 1838, in Washington, D. C.
Lawler, Michael K
soldier, was born about 1820 in Illinois. At the beginning of the civil war he joined the union army, and was commissioned colonel of the eighteenth Illinois infantry in 1861 .
He was made brigadier-general in 1863.
Lawless, Joseph Thomas
lawyer, legislator, was born May 2, 1866, in Portsmouth, Va. He received his education at the Webster Military institute of Norfolk, Va.; graduated with the degree of M. A. from St. Mary's college of Belmont , N. C.; and with the degree of B. L. from Richmond college, Va. He is a prominent lawyer of his native city; was journal clerk in the house of delegates of Virginia in 1883-89; and was trustee of the public schools of Portsmouth. In 1889 he was elected to the state senate of Virginia, and served with distinction for four years. In 1893 he was elected secretary of the commonwealth, receiving the reelection without opposition in 1895 , and again in 1897.
Lawrance, John
United States senator, was born in 1750 in England. He was a United States senator from New York.
He died in New York city.
Lawrance, William V
lawyer, author, poet, was born Nov. 10, 1834, in Greene county, Ohio. After receiving a liberal education he was admitted to the bar in 1860. The following year he enlisted as a private soldier in the union army and served until the close of the war. In 1865 he began the practice of his profession in Waverly, Ohio; and three years later settled permanently in Chillicothe. For several years he was assistant quartermaster-general of the department of the Ohio Grand Army of the Republic. He is a successful lawyer and author of two volumes of verse entitled Ellina; and The Story of Judith; and he is also the author of several prose works.
Lawrence, Abbott
merchant, congressman, philanthropist, was born Dec. 16, 1792, in Groton, Mass. He served in the common council of Boston in 1831; and was a representative in congress from 1835 to 1837, and again in 1839 and 1840.
In 1842 he was appointed a commissioner to arrange the northeastern boundary question; and was a presidential elector in 1844. He founded a scientific school at Cambridge, and his gifts and bequests to various charitable and religious societies proved him to be a man of many noble qualities. He died Aug. 18, 1855, in Boston.
Lawrence, Amos Adams
merchant, was born July 31, 1814, in Boston, Mass. He was twice nominated by the whigs and unionists for governor of Massachusetts. In the beginning of the civil war he aided in recruiting the second Massachusetts cavalry regiment. He built Lawrence hall, the Episcopal Theological school in Cambridge, and was its treasurer for many years. He died Aug. 22, 1886, in Nahant, Mass. was
Lawrence, Charles Brush
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 17, 1820, in Vergennes, Vt. In 1859 he was elected judge of the tenth circuit; and in 1864 chosen to the supreme court of Illinois, where he was chief justice for three years.
He died April 19, 1883, in Decatur, Ala.
LAWRENCE, CORNELIUS VAN WYCK, lawyer, banker, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1791, in Flushing, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York city from 1832 to 1834; for two years succeeding was mayor of the city of New York; and in 1836 was president of the electoral college. For twenty years he held the honorable position of president of the bank of the state of New York. He died Feb. 20, 1861, in Flushing, N. Y.
Lawrence, Eugene
author, was born Oct. 10, 1823, in New York city. He was an historical writer of New York city; and the author of Lives of the British Historians; Historical Studies; Essays and Papers; Literature Primers; The Jews and their Persecutors; and Columbus and his Contemporaries. He died in 1894.
Lawrence, George V
agriculturist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1818 in Washington county, Pa. He was elected to the state legislature in 1844, 1847, 1858 and 1859; and to the state senate in 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1860, officiating as speaker during the last term.
He frequently served in the conventions of the state; and in 1864 was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-ninth congress. He was re-elected to the fortieth and forty-eighth congresses as a republican.
Lawrence, James
naval officer, was born Oct. 1, 1781, in Burlington, N. J.
He is remembered by every American as the author of those brave words: Don't give up the ship. On this occasion he was wounded while commanding the United States frigate Chesapeake, and the engagement took place in 1814. He died June 6, 1815, at sea.
Lawrence, John W
congressman, was born in New York. He served two years in the assembly of that state from Queen's county; and was a representative in congress from 1845 to 1847. as
Lawrence, Joseph
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1788 in Adams county, Pa. He served for nine years in the state legislature, two sessions speaker, and one year as state treasurer.
He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1825 to 1829, and again from 1841 until his death. He died April 17, 1842, in Washington, D. C.
Lawrence, Mrs. Margaret Oli-
VER [WOODS], author, was born in 1813 in Massachusetts. She is the author of author of Light on the Dark River; Fading Flowers; L'Espérance; The Tobacco Problem; and Marion Graham.
Lawrence, Philip K
lawyer, jurist. He was a citizen of Louisiana; and about the year 1838 was appointed United States judge for the two judicial districts of Louisiana, residing at New Orleans.
Lawrence, Samuel
congressman, was born in New York. He served seven years in the assembly of that state; and was a representative in congress from 1823 to 1825.
Lawrence, Sidney
congressman, was born in Vermont. He removed to New York; and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1849.
Lawrence, William
merchant, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1814, in Washington, Ohio. He served in the Ohio legislature in 1843; was a presidential elector in 1848; a member of the constitutional convention of Ohio in 1850 and 1851; and state senator in 1856 and 1857. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress.
Lawrence, William
soldier, journalist, lawyer, congressman, author, was born June 26, 1819, in Mount Pleasant, Ohio. In 1846 and 1847 he served in the Ohio state legislature; and in 1848 was a member of the senate. In 1853 he was again elected to the state senate, and was the author of the Ohio Free Banking Law.
In 1856 he was elected a judge of the court of common pleas for five years; was re-elected in 1861, but resigned in 1864, when he was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-ninth congress.
He was re-elected to the fortieth, fortyfirst, forty-third and forty-fourth congresses; and in 1880 was appointed first comptroller of the United States treasury. He has been president of the Bellefontaine National bank since 1871. He is the author of Decisions of Ohio Supreme Court; The Treaty Question; Law of Religious Societies and Religious Corporations; Law of Claims Against the Government; Organization of the United States Treasury Department; and Decisions of the First Comptroller of the Treasury.
Lawrence, William
clergyman, bishop, author, was born in 1850 in Massachusetts. He is the seventh protestant episcopal bishop of Massachusetts; and the author of Life of Amos A. Lawrence; and Visions and Service, discourses in collegiate chapels.
Lawrence, William Beach
lawyer, jurist, author, governor, was born Oct. 23, 1800, in New York city. He was lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island in 1851 and 1852, and for a portion of the time acting governor. He was the author of an address before the New York Academy of Fine Arts in 1826; of a translation of Marbois' History of Louisiana, with Essays and Notes, in 1830; Discourse before the New York Historical Society in 1832, of which society he was vice-president from 1836 to 1845. His other principal works are: Letters on the Treaty of Washington; an edition of Wheaton's Elements of International Law; Visitation and Search Institutions of the United States; Commentaire sur les éléments du droit international; and Administration of Equity Jurisprudence. He died March 26, 1881, in New York city.
Lawrence, William T
soldier, merchant, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 7, 1788, in New York city.
He served in the war of 1812 as a militia was captain of artillery. In 1838 he chosen county judge of New York; and from 1847 to 1849 was a representative in congress.
Lawrence, William W
lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to Florida; and was appointed judge of the United States district court of that state.