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American politician

Samuel Crocker Lawrence
1st Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office
1893–1894
Preceded byBoard of Selectmen
Succeeded byBaxter E. Perry
Personal details
BornNovember 22, 1832
Medford, Massachusetts
DiedSeptember 24, 1911(1911-09-24) (aged 78)
Medford, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Carrie Rebecca Badger, m. 1859
Alma materLawrence Academy, Harvard College, 1855
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Rank Colonel
Commands5th Massachusetts Militia Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Samuel Crocker Lawrence (November 22, 1832 – September 24, 1911) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the first Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts. Lawrence was born in Medford on November 22, 1832, to Daniel Lawrence and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence.

Colonel Lawrence

During the American Civil War, he served as colonel of the 5th Massachusetts Militia Regiment. After the war he became a Veteran Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

In 1869 he was elected captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.

A highly active Freemason, Lawrence served as Most Worshipful Grand Master of Massachusetts from 1881 to 1883. In 1884 he was installed as a 33rd Degree Mason. From 1909 to 1910, he served as the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite.

He was a director of the Eastern, Maine Central and Boston and Maine railroads.

References

  1. ^ The Medford Historical Register, Vol XIV No. 4., Medford, MA: Medford Historical Society, October 1911, p. 102
  2. ^ Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 537
  3. ^ Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society For the Year 1911 Part I, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1911, p. 187
  4. Grand Lodge Proceedings, Page 1911-195
  5. "Scottish Rite, NMJ | Sovereign Grand Commanders". Scottish Rite, NMJ. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
Political offices
Preceded byBoard of Selectmen Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
1895 – January 4, 1897 		Succeeded byBaxter E. Perry


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