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| Name | George P. Lawrence |
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North Adams, Massachusetts , United States |
| Email | None |
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May 19, 1859
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| Died | November 21, 1917
(58 years)
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| Contributor | RMF |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | LAWRENCE, George Pelton, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., May 19, 1859; was graduated from Drury Academy in 1876 and from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1880; studied law at the Columbia Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in North Adams, Mass.; appointed judge of the district of northern Berkshire in 1885; resigned in 1894 upon being elected to the Massachusetts senate; served in the State senate 1895-1897 and was its president in 1896 and 1897; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ashley B. Wright; reelected to the Fifty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from November 2, 1897, to March 3, 1913; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1912; member of the Massachusetts Public Service Commission from July 1 to September 17, 1913; died in New York City on November 21, 1917; interment in Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, Mass.
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