Luther Lawrence

Luther Lawrence
Portrait c. 19th century
2nd Mayor of
Lowell, Massachusetts
In office
1838 – April 17, 1839[1]
Preceded byElisha Bartlett
Succeeded byElisha Huntington
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1830[1]–1830[1]
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1][2]
In office
1822–1822
Preceded byJosiah Quincy III
Succeeded byLevi Lincoln Jr.
Delegate to the
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820[1]
In office
1820[1]–1820[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1812[1]–1822[1]
Personal details
BornSeptember 28, 1778[3]
Groton, Massachusetts[3]
DiedApril 17, 1839 (aged 60)
Political partyFederalist Party
Spouse(s)Lucy Bigelow,[3] m. June 2, 1805[3]
Alma materGroton Academy, Harvard College[3]
OccupationAttorney[3]

Luther Lawrence (September 28, 1778 – April 17, 1839) was the Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (1838–1839). In 1818, Lawrence purchased 25 shares of the Suffolk Bank, a clearinghouse bank on State Street in Boston.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Green, Samuel Abbott (1892), An Account of the Lawyers of Groton, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, p. 42
  2. ^ Boston Daily Centinel and Gazette (April 18, 1839), Melancholy Event, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Daily Centinel and Gazette
  3. ^ a b c d e f Green, Samuel Abbott (1892), An Account of the Lawyers of Groton, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, p. 41
  4. ^ Whitney, David R. (1878), The Suffolk Bank, Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press, pp. 4–5