William Caldwell Anderson Lawrence

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William Caldwell Anderson Lawrence was a lawyer and state legislator in Pennsylvania. He was Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1859 to 1860. He was a Pennsylvania State Representative from 1857 to 1860. He graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1852. [1] He died in 1860.

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References

  1. Eaton, Samuel John Mills; Woods, Henry (1902). "Caldwell Anderson Lawrence, William". Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College. Philadelphia: G.H. Buchanan and Company. Retrieved 2010-02-23.