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American politician
George Pelton Lawrence
(May 19, 1859 ? November 21, 1917) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives
from
Massachusetts
.
Early life and education
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Born in
Adams, 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 Congressman
Guy Ray Pelton
. He graduated from Drury Academy in 1876 and from
Amherst College
[3]
in 1880.
[4]
Lawrence studied law at the
Columbia Law School
.
[4]
On June 12, 1889, Pelton married Susannah Hope Bracewell (1866-1914).
Legal career
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Lawrence was admitted to the
bar
in 1883
[4]
and commenced practice in
North Adams
.
[4]
Public service
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Judgeship
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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
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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
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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]
[5]
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
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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
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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]
See also
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References
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Who's Who in State Politics, 1908
, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1908, p. 15
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Coolidge, Henry D. (1921),
A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1921
, Boston, MA: The Massachusetts General Court, p. 259
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"GEORGE P. LAWRENCE JUMPS TO HIS DEATH; Ex-Congressman Leaps from a Window on the Eighth Floor of the Hotel Belmont. ILL WITH NERVOUS TROUBLE Former Representative from Massachusetts Left a Note Asking That Senator Crane Be Notified"
.
The New York Times
. November 22, 1917
. Retrieved
June 13,
2009
.
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US Congress (2005),
Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, inclusive
, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, p. 1425
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"S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903"
.
GovInfo.gov
. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. 47
. Retrieved
July 2,
2023
.
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