About Howard C. Lawrence
Lived 1890 – 1961 (aged 70). Howard C. Lawrence was an American politician.
Howard Cyrus Lawrence (August 14, 1890 – May 20, 1961) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography Lawrence was born in Sebewa Township, Michigan in Ionia County, the son of Cyrus S. Lawrence and Margaret (Neidhardt) Lawrence. He resided in Ionia, Saginaw and Grand Rapids. Lawrence married Clara Louise Luther on May 1, 1913.
Lawrence was a banker and a business partner and executive secretary to Governor of Michigan, Fred W. Green. He was Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1929 to 1937. He also served as State Treasurer of Michigan, 1931–32 and was defeated in 1932 for re-election. He was a delegate (alternate) from Michigan to the 1936 Republican National Convention which nominated Alf Landon for U.S. President, and the 1940 convention which nominated Wendell Willkie, both of whom lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
He was a Protestant and a member of the Freemasons, Elks and Rotary.
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American politician (1890–1961)
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Howard C. Lawrence was born on 14 August 1890.
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Howard C. Lawrence died on 20 May 1961.
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Howard C. Lawrence was a politician.
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