Thomas Lawyer

Thomas Lawyer (October 14, 1785 Schoharie, New York - May 21, 1868 Lawyersville, Schoharie County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Life[]

He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Schoharie County. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1816.

He was a brigadier general of the State militia.

Lawyer was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 15th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819. He was District Attorney of Schoharie County from 1822 to 1831. He was again a member of the State Assembly in 1846.

References[]

Thomas Lawyer at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 70, 191, 232, 287 and 381; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John B. Yates	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York13 !New York's 13th congressional district 1817 - 1819	Succeeded by Harmanus Peek

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