Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania)
| Joseph Lawrence | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 21st district |
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In office March 4, 1841 – April 17, 1842 |
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| Preceded by | Isaac Leet |
| Succeeded by | Thomas M. T. Thompson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th district |
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In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Patterson |
| Succeeded by | William McCreery |
| 21st Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
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In office 1823–1823 |
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| Preceded by | John Gilmore |
| Succeeded by | Joel Barlow Sutherland |
| 19th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
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In office 1820–1820 |
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| Preceded by | Rees Hill |
| Succeeded by | John Gilmore |
| Treasurer of Pennsylvania | |
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In office 1835–1836 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Mahon |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Sturgeon |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
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In office 1818–1824 1834–1836 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1786 Hunterstown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 17, 1842 |
| Political party | Democratic Republican |
Joseph Lawrence (1786 – April 17, 1842) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Joseph Lawrence (father of George Van Eman Lawrence) was born near Hunterstown, Pennsylvania. He moved with his widowed mother to a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1789, and attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1818 to 1824 and served as speaker from 1820 to 1824. On December 7, 1819, he was elected speaker with a vote of 56 of 93 representatives voting, out of 94 (other votes were: Phineas Jenks – 21, Rees Hill – 14, Wilson Smith – 1, William Lehman – 1). On December 3, 1822, he was elected speaker with a vote of 65 (other votes were John Gilmore – 23 and Jacob Holgate – 8). In the general election of 1820, he received 3,083 votes.
He was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. He was again a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1834 to 1836. He was nominated for the United States Senate in 1836, along with future President James Buchanan and others. He served as state treasurer in 1837. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress and served until his death in Washington, D.C. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Roads and Canals during the Twenty-seventh Congress.
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