George P. Lawrence
| George Pelton Lawrence | |
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George P. Lawrence circa 1908[1]
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district |
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| In office November 2, 1897 – March 3, 1913 |
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| Preceded by | Ashley B. Wright |
| Succeeded by | Allen T. Treadway |
| President of the Massachusetts Senate[1] |
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| In office 1896[2] – 1897 |
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| Preceded by | William M. Butler[2] |
| Succeeded by | George E. Smith[2] |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1] | |
| In office 1895–1897 |
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| Judge of the District Court of North Berkshire[1] | |
| In office 1885–1894 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | May 19, 1859 Adams, Massachusetts |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New York, New York[3] |
| Political party | Republican[4] |
George Pelton Lawrence (May 19, 1859 – November 21, 1917) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Contents
Early life and education
Born in Adams, Massachusetts,[4] Lawrence graduated from Drury Academy in 1876 and from Amherst College[3] in 1880.[4] Lawrence studied law at the Columbia Law School.[4]
Legal career
Lawrence was admitted to the bar in 1883[4] and commenced practice in North Adams.[4]
Public service
Judgeship
Lawrence was appointed judge of the judicial district of northern Berkshire, County[1] in 1885. Lawrence resigned his judgeship in 1894 upon being elected to the Massachusetts Senate.[4]
Massachusetts Senate
Lawrence served in the senate[1] from 1895 to 1897 and was its President,[1][3] in 1896[2][4] and 1897.[4]
Congressional service
Lawrence was elected as a Republican[4] to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ashley B. Wright.[4] Lawrence was reelected to the Fifty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from November 2, 1897, to March 3, 1913.[3][4] While in Congress Lawrence was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses).[4]
Post Congressional career
Lawrence was not a candidate for renomination in 1912,[4] and from July 1 to September 17, 1913 was a member of the Massachusetts Public Service Commission.
Death
Lawrence jumped from an eighth-floor window and fell to his death, at the Belmont Hotel, New York, New York;[3] interment was in Hillside Cemetery, North Adams.[4]
References
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Bibliography
- Who's Who in State Politics, 1908 Practical Politics (1908) p. 15.
- George P. Lawrence at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | President of the Massachusetts Senate January 1896 – January 1897 |
Succeeded by George E. Smith |
| United States House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district November 2, 1897 – March 3, 1913 |
Succeeded by Allen T. Treadway |
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- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- People from Adams, Massachusetts
- Suicides by jumping in the United States
- American politicians who committed suicide
- Jurists who committed suicide
- Massachusetts State Senators
- Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
- Amherst College alumni
- Columbia Law School alumni
- Suicides in New York City
- Massachusetts lawyers
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