Henry F. Lawrence Explained

Henry F. Lawrence
Image Name:H.F. Lawrence, Mo. LCCN2016822603.jpg
State2:Missouri
District2:3rd
Term Start2:March 4, 1921
Term End2:March 3, 1923
Preceded2:Jacob L. Milligan
Succeeded3:Jacob L. Milligan
Birth Date:31 January 1868
Birth Place:near Greensburg, Indiana
Death Place:Cameron, Missouri
Party:Republican

Henry Franklin Lawrence (January 31, 1868 – January 12, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born near Greensburg, Indiana, Lawrence attended the public schools, the local high school, and Stanberry (Missouri) Normal School.He moved to Cameron, Missouri, and engaged in banking.He served as clerk of Daviess County 1907–1911.He served as mayor of Cameron 1914–1918.

Lawrence was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924.He was employed with the State finance department of Missouri.He died in Cameron, Missouri, January 12, 1950.He was interred in Graceland Cemetery.