John D. Lawson

This article is about the politician John D. Lawson. The physicist of the same name can be found under John Lawson (Physicist) .

John Daniel Lawson (born February 18, 1816 in Montgomery , New York , † January 24, 1896 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Daniel Lawson was born and raised in Montgomery a year after the end of the British-American War . During this time he attended public schools. He then moved to New York City, where he worked as a clerk in a dry-goods store . In the course of 1843 he began to pursue commercial transactions. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . He attended every Republican State, County and District Convention and every Republican National Convention between 1868 and 1892 as a delegate for 30 years. In the 1872 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eighth constituency of New York , DC , where he succeeded James Brooks on March 4, 1873 . Two years later he was defeated in his re-election bid and was eliminated from the after March 3, 1895 Congress of. Then he went back to his previous business. He died on January 24, 1896 in New York City and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery , Brooklyn .

Web links

• John D. Lawson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John D. Lawson in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Remarks

1. ↑ The term "dry goods" is used in English for dry goods, such as grain, tea, sugar, etc.