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Myron Lawrence

Myron Lawrence
President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1837–1840
Preceded byHorace Mann
Succeeded byDaniel P. King
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
from Hampshire County
In office
January 7, 1835 – December 31, 1839
Serving with Eliphalet Williams (1835)
William Clark Jr. (1838–39)
Preceded byJohn Leland
Succeeded byWilliam Bowdoin
Timothy A. Phelps
In office
January 3, 1844 – January 6, 1846
Serving with Benjamin Burrett (1844–45)
Preceded byEdward Dickinson
Samuel Williston
Succeeded byChauncey B. Rising
Joseph B. Woods
In office
1852
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1827–1828
Personal details
BornMay 18, 1799
Middlebury, Vermont
DiedNovember 7, 1852 (aged 53)
Belchertown, Massachusetts
SpouseClarissa Dwight
ChildrenSarah T. D. Lawrence
Alma materMiddlebury College
ProfessionLawyer
[1][2][3]

Myron Lawrence (May 18, 1799 – November 7, 1852) was a Massachusetts lawyer[1] and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts General Court and served as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.[2]

Early life

Lawrence, the son of Benjamin Lawrence,[3] was born in Middlebury, Vermont, on May 18, 1799.[2]

Education

Lawrence attended Addison County Grammar School.[2] In 1820, he graduated from Middlebury College where, from 1851[3] to 1852, he was a trustee.[3] Lawrence read law in the office of Hon. Mark Doolittle of Belchertown, Massachusetts.[2]

After reading law and passing the Massachusetts Bar, Lawrence practiced law in Belchertown, Massachusetts, until his death on November 7, 1852.[2]

Family life

On March 28, 1824, Lawrence married Clarissa Dwight, daughter of Colonel Henry Dwight and Ruth Rich.[3]

Public service

Lawrence served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1827-1828 and 1849-1850, in the Massachusetts Senate in 1835-1839, 1844–46 and 1852, as the President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1837 to 1840, and as a member of the 1844 commission on the Boundary line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island.[1]

Death

Lawrence died in Belchertown, Massachusetts,[1] on November 7, 1852.

Massachusetts Senate
Preceded by President of the Massachusetts Senate
1838-1839 		Succeeded by

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Boyce, Thomas E. (1890), Catalogue of the Officers and Alumni of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: And All Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800 to 1889, Middlebury, Vermont: Middlebury College, p. 49
  2. ^ a b c d e f Pearson, Thomas Scott (1853), Catalogue of the Graduates of Middlebury College: Embracing a Biographical Register and Directory, Middlebury, Vermont: Associated Alumni of Middlebury College, p. 55
  3. ^ a b c d e Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge (1874), The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Massachusetts, vol. 1, Dedham, Massachusetts: Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, p. 923
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