Elisha Lawrence

Elisha Lawrence
Acting Governor of New Jersey
In office
July 25, 1790 – October 29, 1790
Preceded byWilliam Livingston
as Governor
Succeeded byWilliam Paterson
as Governor
Vice President of the New Jersey Legislative Council
In office
1789–1792
GovernorWilliam Livingston
Himself
William Paterson
Preceded byRobert Lettis Hooper
Succeeded byThomas Henderson
In office
1795–1796
GovernorRichard Howell
Preceded byThomas Henderson
Succeeded byJames Linn
Personal details
Born1746 (1746)
Died (aged 52–53)
Political partyFederalist

Elisha Lawrence (1746 – July 23, 1799) was an American Federalist Party[1] politician, who represented Monmouth County in the New Jersey Legislative Council, the precursor to the New Jersey State Senate, from 1780 through 1783, from 1789 through 1792 and in 1795. He served as Vice-President of Council from 1789 through 1792, and again in 1795.[2] He served as acting governor of New Jersey in 1790.

  1. ^ "Governor of New Jersey". NNDB. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1914; Thomas F. Fitzgerald