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词条 Samuel C. Lawrence
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| office =1st Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
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| birth_date =November 22, 1832[1]
| birth_place =Medford, Massachusetts[2]
| death_date ={{death date and age|1911|9|24|1832|11|22}}[2]
| death_place =Medford, Massachusetts[2]
| nationality =
| party =Republican
| spouse =Carrie Rebecca Badger, m. 1859
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| alma_mater =Lawrence Academy,[2] Harvard College, 1855[1]
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  • First Battle of Bull Run[2]

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}}Samuel Crocker Lawrence (November 22, 1832 – September 24, 1911) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the first Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts. Lawrence was born in Medford on November 22, 1832 to Daniel and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence.[3]

During the American Civil War, he served as colonel of the 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. After the war he became a Veteran Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

In 1869 he was elected captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.

A highly active Freemason, Lawrence served as Most Worshipful Grand Master of Massachusetts from 1881-1883.[4] In 1884 he was installed as a 33rd Degree Mason.

He was a director of the Eastern, Maine Central and Boston and Maine railroads.

References

1. ^{{Citation| title =The Medford Historical Register, Vol XIV No. 4. | page = 102. | publisher =Medford Historical Society | location = Medford, MA |date=October 1911}}
2. ^{{Citation|year = 1911 | title =Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society For the Year 1911 Part I | page = 187. | publisher =Massachusetts Horticultural Society| location = Boston, MA }}
3. ^{{Citation |last= Toomey|first=Daniel P.| year = 1892 | title = Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical | page = 537. | publisher = Columbia Publishing Company | location = Boston, MA }}
4. ^Grand Lodge Proceedings, Page 1911-195
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6 : 1822 births|Mayors of Medford, Massachusetts|Harvard College alumni|People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War|1911 deaths|19th-century American politicians

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