Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania)

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Joseph Lawrence (1786 - January 4, 1842) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Joseph Lawrence (father of George Van Eman Lawrence) was born near Hunterstown, Pennsylvania. He moved with his widowed mother to a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1789, and attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1818 to 1824 and served as speaker from 1820 to 1822.

He was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. He was again a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1834 to 1836 and also served as state treasurer in 1837. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress and served until his death in Washington, D.C. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Roads and Canals during the Twenty-seventh Congress. Interment in the Congressional Cemetery.

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Preceded by
Thomas Patterson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

1825 - 1829
Succeeded by
William McCreery
Preceded by
Isaac Leet
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district

1841 - 1842
Succeeded by
Thomas M. T. McKennan