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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsAbbott LAWRENCE
(1792-1855)
LAWRENCE, Abbott, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Groton, Mass., December
16, 1792; attended Groton Academy; became a merchant and importer
in Boston; member of the Boston Common Council in 1831; elected as
an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4,
1835-March 3, 1837); was not a candidate for renomination in 1836;
elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress and served from
March 4, 1839, to September 18, 1840, when he resigned; appointed a
commissioner in 1842 to settle the northeastern boundary dispute
between Canada and the United States; delegate to the Whig National
Convention in 1844; temporarily appointed by President Taylor to be
United States Minister to Great Britain August 20, 1849;
reappointed January 4, 1850; confirmed June 24, 1850, and served
until October 1852, when he resigned and resumed his former
business pursuits in Boston; founded the Lawrence Scientific School
in Harvard University; died in Boston, Mass., on August 18, 1855;
interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Bibliography
Brauer, Kinley J. “Webster-Lawrence Feud; A Study in Politics
and Ambitions.” Historian 29 (November 1966):
34-59.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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