David Lawson

David Lawson

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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1824-1825 Representative Federalist
1825-1826 Representative Democrat
1826-1827 Representative Democrat
1828-1829 Representative Democrat
Counties Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson

Biography

11/21/1777 - 06/06/1839


LAWSON, David, a Representative from Armstrong, Indiana and Jefferson Counties; born, November 21, 1777 in County Donegal, Ireland; surveyor and land agent, Holland Land Company; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Kittanning, Pa. (1810); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1815, 1816); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1824-1825 term; reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1825-1826, 1826-1827 and 1828-1829 term; elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1835); died, June 6, 1839 in Madison Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania; interred, Lawsonham Cemetery, Rimersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.


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