Myron Lawrence

Myron Lawrence
Myron Lawrence
President of the Massachusetts Senate
	In office; 1837–1840
Preceded by	Horace Mann
Succeeded by	Daniel 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 by	John Leland
Succeeded by	William Bowdoin; Timothy A. Phelps
	In office; January 3, 1844 – January 6, 1846 Serving with Benjamin Burrett (1844–45)
Preceded by	Edward Dickinson; Samuel Williston
Succeeded by	Chauncey B. Rising; Joseph B. Woods
	In office; 1852
Member of the; Massachusetts House of Representatives
	In office; 1827–1828
Personal details
Born	May 18, 1799; Middlebury, Vermont
Died	November 7, 1852 (aged 53); Belchertown, Massachusetts
Spouse	Clarissa Dwight
Children	Sarah T. D. Lawrence
Alma mater	Middlebury College
Profession	Lawyer

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]

Legal career

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] They had three children, including Sara (1827-1912), an antislavery activist and writer during the Bleeding Kansas period of the 1850s. When her husband Charles L. Robinson was took office as Governor of Kansas in 1861, Sara became the inaugural First Lady of Kansas.

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

Horace Mann

President of the Massachusetts Senate
1838-1839

Succeeded by

Daniel P. King

References

1 2 3 4 5 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
1 2 3 4 5 6 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
1 2 3 4 5 Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge (1874), The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Massachusetts, vol. 1, Dedham, Massachusetts: Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, p. 923

[CatMiddColpg1890pg49-1] 1 2 3 4 5 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

[CatMiddColpg1853pg55-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 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

[HitoryDwight1874pg_923-3] 1 2 3 4 5 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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