Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by
Benjamin Gorham
Succeeded by
Richard Fletcher
In office March 4, 1839 – September 18, 1840
Preceded by
Richard Fletcher
Succeeded by
Robert Charles Winthrop
Personal details
Born
(1792-12-16)December 16, 1792 Groton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
August 18, 1855(1855-08-18) (aged 62) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party
National Republican and Whig
Relations
Samuel Lawrence (father) Amos Lawrence (brother) Amos Adams Lawrence (nephew)
Profession
Industrialist, merchant
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Abbott Lawrence (December 16, 1792, Groton, Massachusetts – August 18, 1855) was a prominent American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was among the group of industrialists that founded a settlement on the Merrimack River that would later be named for him, Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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brother Abbott entered his employ as chief clerk, and in 1814 became a partner in the firm, now called A. & A. Lawrence and later A. & A. Lawrence and Co...
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siblings included the poet Amy Lowell, the educator and legal scholar AbbottLawrence Lowell, and Elizabeth Lowell Putnam, an early activist for prenatal...
widespread. Ward married her first husband, Timothy Bigelow Lawrence, the son of AbbottLawrence, on December 5, 1849. The wedding was attended by governors...
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England. They included Nathan Appleton, Patrick Tracy Jackson, AbbottLawrence, and Amos Lawrence. Often related directly or through marriage, they were based...
overseer of Harvard University, Boston Public Schools superintendent AbbottLawrence Lowell – historian, 25th President of Harvard University Charles Stearns...
two dormitories at Harvard University constructed under President AbbottLawrence Lowell's House Plan and one of the seven Houses given to Harvard by...
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effectively placed a quota on the number of Jews admitted to the university. AbbottLawrence Lowell, the president of Harvard University from 1909 to 1933, raised...
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declined the vice presidential nomination, Fillmore and businessman AbbottLawrence of Massachusetts emerged as the top choices for vice president. Fillmore...
attracted them. They soon found an ally in then-Harvard-president AbbottLawrence Lowell who appointed a committee in 1926, with Henderson as chairman...
included the astronomer Percival Lowell, the educator and legal scholar AbbottLawrence Lowell, and the poet Amy Lowell. They were the great-grandchildren...