Edward A. Lawrence
Edward Arthur Lawrence was an American politician from New York.Life
He was the son of Effingham Lawrence, First Judge of the Queens County Court from 1818 to 1823, and Ann Lawrence. On December 7, 1855, he married Hannah Russell Mickle, daughter of Mayor of New York Andrew H. Mickle.
As a Democrat, he was Supervisor of the Town of Flushing for twelve years, a member of the New York State Assembly in 1858 and 1859, and a member of the New York State Senate in 1860 and 1861.
He was buried at the Lawrence Burying Ground in Bay Side.
Assemblyman Solomon Townsend was his grandfather; State Senator Samuel Townsend was his great-grandfather.
