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George Pelton Lawrence | |
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 George P. Lawrence circa 1908[1] | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's1st district | |
| In office November 2, 1897 – March 3, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Ashley B. Wright |
| Succeeded by | Allen T. Treadway |
| President of the Massachusetts Senate[1] | |
| In office 1896[2]–1897 | |
| Preceded by | William M. Butler[2] |
| Succeeded by | George E. Smith[2] |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1] | |
| In office 1895–1897 | |
| Judge of the District Court of North Berkshire[1] | |
| In office 1885–1894 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1859-05-19)May 19, 1859 Adams, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 1917(1917-11-21) (aged 58) New York, New York, U.S.[3] |
| Political party | Republican[4] |
George Pelton Lawrence (May 19, 1859 – November 21, 1917) was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMassachusetts.
Born inAdams, Massachusetts,[4] Lawrence was the son of Dr. George C. Lawrence and his wife, Jane E. Pelton, and also the nephew of New York City CongressmanGuy Ray Pelton. He graduated from Drury Academy in 1876 and fromAmherst College[3] in 1880.[4] Lawrence studied law at theColumbia Law School.[4]On June 12, 1889, Pelton married Susannah Hope Bracewell (1866-1914).
Lawrence was admitted to thebar in 1883[4] and commenced practice inNorth Adams.[4]
Lawrence was appointed judge of the judicial district of northernBerkshire, County[1] in 1885. Lawrence resigned his judgeship in 1894 upon being elected to theMassachusetts Senate.[4]
Lawrence served in thesenate[1] from 1895 to 1897 and was itsPresident,[1][3] in 1896[2][4] and 1897.[4]
Lawrence was elected as aRepublican[4] to theFifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofAshley B. Wright.[4] Lawrence was reelected to theFifty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from November 2, 1897, to March 3, 1913.[3][4][5] While in Congress Lawrence was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Fifty-ninth throughSixty-first Congresses).[4]
Lawrence was not a candidate for renomination in 1912,[4] and from July 1 to September 17, 1913, was a member of the MassachusettsPublic Service Commission.
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]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | President of the Massachusetts Senate January 1896 – January 1897 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 1st congressional district November 2, 1897 – March 3, 1913 | Succeeded by |
