Elisha Lawrence
Elisha Lawrence | |
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| Acting Governor of New Jersey | |
| In office July 25, 1790 – October 29, 1790 | |
| Preceded by | William Livingston as Governor |
| Succeeded by | William Paterson as Governor |
| Vice President of the New Jersey Legislative Council | |
| In office 1789–1792 | |
| Governor | William Livingston Himself William Paterson |
| Preceded by | Robert Lettis Hooper |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Henderson |
| In office 1795–1796 | |
| Governor | Richard Howell |
| Preceded by | Thomas Henderson |
| Succeeded by | James Linn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1746 |
| Died | (aged 52–53) |
| Political party | Federalist |
Elisha Lawrence (1746 – July 23, 1799) was an American
New Jersey State Senate, from 1780 through 1783, from 1789 through 1792 and in 1795. He served as Vice-President of Council from 1789 through 1792, and again in 1795.[2] He served as acting governor of New Jersey
in 1790.
Political career
As vice president, he was the acting governor of New Jersey from July 25, 1790, when governor William Livingston died, to October 30, 1790. He was succeeded as governor by William Paterson.
A resident of
Board of Chosen Freeholders, the governing body of the county. He was chairman of the board from May 1795 to May 1796.[3]
Death
Lawrence is buried at the
Yellow Meeting House Cemetery in Red Valley, New Jersey. The tombstone reads, “A stranger to all ambition but that of being useful, he was twice vice president of New Jersey for several years presiding judge of the pleas, and after a series of faithful and gallant services in the Revolutionary War he was appointed by his county brigadier general of the Monmouth militia of the surveyed blazing line when wars loud conflict racked the brain. Now sheltered in the realms divine he treads heavens ever-peaceful plan lead on by softer, mercy’s mildest ray while fellow warriors hail him on his way.” The bottom of the stone reads, “By indulgence of the general’s family, his companions in arms erect this tribute of affection the first day of January 1800.”[4]
See also
- List of Monmouth County Freeholder Directors
- List of governors of New Jersey
- List of sheriffs of Monmouth County, New Jersey
Notes and references
- ^ "Governor of New Jersey". NNDB. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1914; Thomas F. Fitzgerald
- ^ Minutes, Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders
- ^ "History exhumed from Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery" Archived January 24, 2013, at archive.today. gmnews. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
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