Ambrose Lawrence
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Ambrose Lawrence | |
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_-_H540_-_Harvard_Art_Museums.jpg) Portrait by Thomas B. Lawson, 1876 | |
| 11th Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1855–1855 | |
| Preceded by | Sewall G. Mack |
| Succeeded by | Elisha Huntington |
| Member of the Lowell, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[1] | |
| In office 1851[1]–1851 | |
| Member of the Lowell, Massachusetts Common Council[1] | |
| In office 1849[1]–1849 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1816 |
| Died | 1893 (aged 76–77) |
| Profession | Dentist[1] |
Ambrose Lawrence (1816-1893) was a dentist who served as the eleventh mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Lawrence was elected mayor in December 1854 as a member of the Know Nothings.[2] He had previously been a member of the Whig Party.[3] He was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,[4] serving as Grand Patriarch for Massachusetts during the 1880s.[5]