The Lawrences of Pennsylvania
- Joseph Lawrence (1786–1842), Pennsylvania State Representative 1818-1824 1834-1836, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1825-1829 1841-1842, Treasurer of Pennsylvania 1837. Father of George Van Eman Lawrence.
- George Van Eman Lawrence (1818–1904), Pennsylvania State Representative 1844 1847 1858-1859 1893-1896, Pennsylvania State Senator 1849-1851 1861-1863 1875-1876 1878, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1865-1869 1883-1885, delegate to the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention 1872. Son of Joseph Lawrence.
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