Samuel Lawrence (politician, 1773)

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Samuel Lawrence (born May 23, 1773 in Newtown , Province of New York , † October 20, 1837 in Cayutaville , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1823 and 1825 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman William T. Lawrence was his brother.

Career

Samuel Lawrence was born in Queens County about two years before the Revolutionary War broke out . He attended community schools. Then he studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1794, he began practicing in New York City . He was a clerk to the Attorney General of New York. He was then appointed a judge at the Marine Court of New York City (later City Court ). He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1808 . On February 19, 1811, he became a county clerk in New York County - a position he held until February 21, 1812. Lawrence moved in 1814 to the Cayuta Lake in the Township of Cayuga in Chemung County (then Schuyler County ). He was a member of the New York State Assembly again in 1817, 1818, 1820, and 1821.

As a result of a fragmentation of the Democratic Republican Party before and during the presidency of John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), he joined the Adams-Clay faction. In the congressional elections of 1822 for the 18th Congress , Lawrence was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 25th  constituency of New York , where he became the first representative of the 25th district of New York in the US on March 4, 1823 -House of Representatives began his service. He retired from the after March 3, 1825 Congress of.

Lawrence died on October 20, 1837 on Cayuta Lake near Cayutaville and was buried there in the family cemetery.

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SURNAME Lawrence, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Newtown , Province of New York
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1837
Place of death near Cayutaville , New York