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district court, 1857-64. He was colonel of the 84th Ohio regiment in the civil war ; was a Re- publican representative in the 39th, 40th, 41st, 43d and 44th congresses, 1865-71, 1873-77 ; was a delegate to the Loyalists' convention held in Phil- adelphia in 1866, and was the first comptroller of

the U.S. treas- ury, 1880-85, and the only one whose de- cisions were regularly pub- lished. He re- sumed his practice of law in 1885 in Bellefon- taine, and also opened an office in Washington, D.C. He was elected president of the Wool- Growers' association in 1891 ; of the National Wool-growers' association in 1893 ; a trustee of the Ohio Wesleyan university in 1878, and a lay delegate to the general conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal church in 1872, 1876, 1880 and 1892. He was married, March 20, 1845, to Caroline M., daughter of Henry Miller, of Bellefontaine, and their son Joseph H. (1846-1885) was a lawyer and served in the 132d Ohio volunteers, 1861-65. The honorary degree of LL.D, was conferred on Judge Lawrence by Franklin college in 1875, and by Wittenberg college in 1876. He is the author of : Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1852) ; The Treaty Question (1871) ; Tiie Laio of Religious Societies and Church Coipora- ^lons (1873-74); The Laiv of Claims against the Government (1875); The Organization of the Treasury Department of the United States (1880); Decisions of the First Comjitroller of the Treas- ury of the United States (Q vols., 1881-85). He died in Bellefontaine. Ohio, May 8, 1899.

LAWRENCE, William, seventh bishop of Massachusetts and 171st in the succession in the American episcopate, was born in Boston, Mass., May 30, 1850 ; son of Amos A. and Sarah Elizabeth (Appleton) Lawrence. He was graduated at Har- vard college in 1871, and at the Episcopal Theological school, Cambridge, Mass., in 1875, after studying two years at And- over, 1872-73, and part of one at the Divinity school of the Protest- ant Episcopal clmrch in Philadelphia, Pa., 1874. He was made a deacon, June 20, 1875, and advanced to the priesthood by Bishop Paddock, June 11, 1876.

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He was rector of Gi'ace church, Lawrence, Mass., 1876-84 ; professor of homiletics and pastoral care. Episcopal Theological school, Cambridge, 1884-93, and dean of the school, 1888-93. He was elected bishop of Massacliusetts as successor to the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks, deceased, and was consecrated in Trinity church, Boston, Mass., Oct. 5, 1893, by Bishops Williams, Clark, Whipple, Neely, Doane, Huntington, Niles, Potter, Ran- dolph, and Courtney, of Nova Scotia. He was preacher to Harvard university, 1888-91, was elected an overseer in 1894, and re-elected in 1900. He was also elected a trustee of Smith and Welles- ley colleges. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Hobart in 1890, and from Harvard in 1893, and that of LL.D. from Lawrence univer- sity in 1898. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts Historical societj% 1894, a member of the American Antiquarian society, and a life member of the N. E. Historic Genealogical so- ciety, 1887. He is the author of : Life of Amos A. Lawrence (1889); Visions and Service (1896); Pro- jiortional Representation in the House of Clerical and Lay Delegates (1888), and occasional pam- phlets and sermons.

LAWRENCE, William Beach, governor of Rhode Island, was born in New York city, Oct. 23, 1800 ; son of Isaac and Cornelia (Beach) Law- rence. His ancestors emigrated from England early in the seven- teenth century, and received a patent of land on Long Island, N.Y., and his mater- nal grandfather was the Rev. Dr. Abra- ham Beach, assistant to the rector of Trin- ity chui'ch, New York city, 1784-1813, and a descendant of the first white child born in Connecticut. His father was a promi- nent merchant in New York city and president of the New York branch of the Bank of the United States. William attended Rutgers college, 1812-14 ; was graduated at Columbia college, A.B., 1818, A.M., 1823 ; studied law with William Slosson in New York city, was admitted to the bar in 1823, and practised in New York city. He was married. May 19, 1821, to Esther R., daughter of Archibald Gracie, of New York city. He was appointed secretary of the U.S. legation in London in 1826, and charge d'affaires in 1827. In 1830 he formed a law part- nership with Hamilton Fish. He delivered at Columbia lectures on political economy, in the