About Edward A. Lawrence
Lived 1831 – 1883 (aged 51). Edward A. Lawrence was an American politician.
Edward Arthur Lawrence (November 2, 1831 – June 4, 1883) was an American politician from New York. He served in the New York State Assembly from 1858 to 1859 and in the New York State Senate from 1860 to 1861.
Life Lawrence was born on November 2, 1831, in Bay Side, Queens County, New York. He was the son of Effingham Lawrence (1779–1850), First Judge of the Queens County Court from 1818 to 1823, and Ann (Townsend) Lawrence (1786–1845).
Assemblyman Solomon Townsend (1746–1811) was his grandfather, and State Senator Samuel Townsend (d. 1790) was his great-grandfather. He was buried at the Lawrence Burying Ground in Bayside, Queens.
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American politician (1831-1883)
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Edward A. Lawrence was born on 2 November 1831.
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Edward A. Lawrence died on 23 July 1883.
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Edward A. Lawrence was a politician.
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