John W. Lawson

John W. Lawson

John William Lawson (born September 13, 1837 in James City County , Virginia , †  February 21, 1905 in Smithfield , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Lawson attended the Williamsburg public schools and then the College of William & Mary there . He then studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and at the University of the City of New York . One of his subjects was medicine. During the Civil War , Lawson served in various units in the Confederate Army Medical Service . After the war, he practiced as a doctor in the Isle of Wight County for ten years . Then he worked in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1869 and 1873 he held a seat in the Virginia House of Representatives; from 1874 to 1877 he was a member of the State Senate . He later sat again in the House of Representatives from 1883 to 1884.

In the congressional elections of 1890 Lawson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded George E. Bowden on March 4, 1891 . Since he refused to run again in 1892, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1893 . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Lawson returned to farming. In 1901 and 1902 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Virginia Constitution. He died in Smithfield on February 21, 1905.

Web links

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

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