William Lawrence (Ohio Democrat)
|in 35th Congress|
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 17th district
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859
|Preceded by||Charles J. Albright|
|Succeeded by||Thomas Clarke Theaker|
|Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Guernsey County district
December 4, 1843 – December 1, 1844
|Preceded by||William Douglas|
|Succeeded by||William Skinner|
|Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 19th district
January 7, 1856 – March 4, 1857
|Preceded by||Western T. Sinclair|
|Succeeded by||M. Morron|
January 6, 1868 – January 2, 1870
|Preceded by||R. Savage|
|Succeeded by||James O. Amos|
January 4, 1886 – January 1, 1888
|Succeeded by||David H. Mortley|
September 2, 1814|
Old Washington, Ohio
|Died||September 8, 1895
Old Washington, Ohio
|Resting place||Washington Cemetery, Old Washington|
|Alma mater||Jefferson College|
William Lawrence (September 2, 1814 – September 8, 1895) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 17th District of Ohio. Lawrence was born in Washington, Guernsey County, Ohio. He was graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1835.
After farming for a few years, Lawrence was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1843. He was a Presidential elector in 1848 for Cass/Butler. He was a delegate to the Ohio State constitutional convention in 1851. From 1856 to 1857, he served in the Ohio Senate.
On March 4, 1857, William Lawrence (D) was inaugurated as the Representative from the 17th Congressional District of Ohio to the 35th U.S. Congress. Lawrence served only in this Congress, as he was elected only to one term in office. Upon leaving Congress, Lawrence served again in the Ohio Senate (in 1867, 1885, and 1886). He also served as president of the board of directors of the Ohio Penitentiary.
William Lawrence died in Old Washington, Ohio on September 8, 1895, and is interred at the Washington Cemetery.
- Taylor 1899 : 255
- Reed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds. (1897). Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography 2. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company. p. 247.
- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... 1. State of Ohio. p. 255.