Thomas G. Lawson

Thomas G. Lawson

Thomas Graves Lawson (born May 2, 1835 in Eatonton , Georgia , †  April 16, 1912 there ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1897 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Lawson first attended private schools and then studied until 1855 at Mercer University in Macon . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1857, he began working in his new profession in Eatonton. During the Civil War he served two years in the army of the Confederate States .

Politically, Lawson was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1861 to 1866 and again from 1889 to 1890 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . In 1877 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the constitution of his home state. He has also served as the curator of Mercer University and the Eatonton Male and Female Academy . Between 1879 and 1887 Lawson served as a judge in the Ocmulgee Judicial District. He then worked in agriculture in Eatonton until 1887.

In the congressional election of 1890 Lawson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Henry Hull Carlton on March 4, 1891 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1897 . In 1896 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In the following years he worked in agriculture in his home country. Thomas Larson died on April 16, 1912 in Eatonton and was buried there. He was married to Mary Frances Reid.

Web links

• Thomas G. Lawson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas G. Lawson in the database of Find a Grave (English)