Myron Lawrence

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| name=Myron Lawrence

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| office = President of the Massachusetts Senate

| term_start = 1837

| term_end = 1840

| preceded = Horace Mann

| succeeded = Daniel P. King

| office1 = Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
from Hampshire County

| term_start1 = January 7, 1835

| term_end1 = December 31, 1839

| alongside1 = Eliphalet Williams (1835)
William Clark Jr. (1838–39)

| predecessor1 = John Leland

| successor1 = William Bowdoin
Timothy A. Phelps

| term_start2 = January 3, 1844

| term_end2 = January 6, 1846

| alongside2 = Benjamin Burrett (1844–45)

| predecessor2 = Edward Dickinson
Samuel Williston

| successor2 = Chauncey B. Rising
Joseph B. Woods

| term4 = 1852

| office5 = Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives

| district5 =

| term_start5 = 1827

| term_end5 = 1828

| preceded5 =

| succeeded5 =

| birth_date = May 18, 1799

| birth_place = Middlebury, Vermont

| death_date = November 7, 1852 (aged 53)

| death_place = Belchertown, Massachusetts

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| party =

| alma_mater = Middlebury College

| spouse = Clarissa Dwight

| children = Sarah T. D. Lawrence

| profession = Lawyer

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Myron Lawrence (May 18, 1799 – November 7, 1852) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts General Court and served as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.

Early life

Lawrence, the son of Benjamin Lawrence,{{Citation | last= Dwight |first=Benjamin Woodbridge| title = The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Massachusetts|volume=1| page = 923 | publisher = Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight | location = Dedham, Massachusetts| year = 1874}} was born in Middlebury, Vermont, on May 18, 1799.{{Citation | last=Pearson| first= Thomas Scott | title =Catalogue of the Graduates of Middlebury College: Embracing a Biographical Register and Directory| page = 55 | publisher = Associated Alumni of Middlebury College | location = Middlebury, Vermont| year =1853}}

Education

Lawrence attended Addison County Grammar School. In 1820, he graduated from Middlebury College where, from 1851 to 1852, he was a trustee. Lawrence read law in the office of Hon. Mark Doolittle of Belchertown, Massachusetts.

Legal career

After reading law and passing the Massachusetts Bar, Lawrence practiced law in Belchertown, Massachusetts, until his death on November 7, 1852.

Family life

On March 28, 1824, Lawrence married Clarissa Dwight, daughter of Colonel Henry Dwight and Ruth Rich.

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.{{Citation | last=Boyce| first= Thomas E. | title = Catalogue of the Officers and Alumni of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: And All Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800 to 1889| page = 49 | publisher = Middlebury College | location = Middlebury, Vermont| year = 1890}}