Luther Lawrence

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} {{More citations needed|auto=yes|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox officeholder | name =Luther Lawrence | image = Luther Lawrence.jpg | caption = Portrait {{circa}} 19th century | office =2nd Mayor of<br>Lowell, Massachusetts | term_start =1838 | term_end =April 17, 1839<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/> | predecessor =Elisha Bartlett | successor =Elisha Huntington | office2 =Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42">{{Citation| last= Green | first= Samuel Abbott| title =An Account of the Lawyers of Groton, Massachusetts | page = 42 | publisher=University Press | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts| year = 1892}}</ref> | term_start2 =1830<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/> | term_end2 =1830<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/> | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 =Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/><ref name="BosDailyGazandCent4-18-1839">{{Citation| last=Boston Daily Centinel and Gazette| title =Melancholy Event | publisher=Boston Daily Centinel and Gazette | location = Boston, Massachusetts| date =April 18, 1839}}</ref> | term_start3 =1822 | term_end3 =1822 | predecessor3 =Josiah Quincy III | successor3 =Levi Lincoln Jr. | office4 =Delegate to the<br>Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/> | term_start4 =1820<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/> | term_end4 =1820<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/> | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | office5 =Member of the<br>Massachusetts House of Representatives<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/> | term_start5 =1812<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/> | term_end5 =1822<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P42"/> | predecessor5 = | successor5 = | birth_date =September 28, 1778<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P41">{{Citation| last= Green | first= Samuel Abbott| title =An Account of the Lawyers of Groton, Massachusetts | page = 41 | publisher=University Press | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts| year = 1892}}</ref> | birth_place =Groton, Massachusetts<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P41"/> |party=Federalist Party | death_date =April 17, 1839 (aged 60) | death_place = | occupation =Attorney<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P41"/> |alma_mater=Groton Academy, Harvard College<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P41"/> | spouse =Lucy Bigelow,<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P41"/> m. June 2, 1805<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P41"/> | children = |nickname = }}

'''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.<ref>{{citation|last=Whitney|first=David R.|title=The Suffolk Bank|pages=4–5|year=1878|place=Cambridge, MA|publisher=Riverside Press}}</ref>

==Early life and family== Lawrence was the son of American Revolutionary, Samuel Lawrence, patriarch of the Lawrence family from Boston. Luther's brothers, William, Abbott, and Amos, all became influential figures in United States history.

==Death== Lawrence died on April 17, 1839, when he fell into a wheel pit while showing a visitor around his mill.<ref name="AccountogLawyersGroton1892P43">{{Citation| last= Green | first= Samuel Abbott| title =An Account of the Lawyers of Groton, Massachusetts | page = 43 | publisher=University Press | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts| year = 1892}}</ref>

==References== <references/> {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title = Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | before =Josiah Quincy III | years = 1822 | after=Levi Lincoln Jr.}} {{succession box | title =2nd Mayor of<br>Lowell, Massachusetts | before =Elisha Bartlett | years = 1838 – April 17, 1839 | after=Elisha Huntington}} {{s-end}}

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