John Laurance
US representative and senator, born in Cornwall, SW England, UK. Arriving in America (1767), he became a lawyer and the son-in-law of Alexander MacDougall. He served as judge advocate-general of the Continental army during the American Revolution, and presided over the trial of Major John Andre. He was a member of the Continental Congress (17857), and as a Federalist from New York he served in the US House of Representatives (178993) and in the US Senate (17961800).
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Preceded by: Rufus King |
U.S. Senator (Class 3) from New York 1796 – 1800 |
Succeeded by: John Armstrong, Jr. |
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Preceded by: Theodore Sedgwick |
President pro tempore of the United States Senate December 6, 1798 – December 27, 1798 |
Succeeded by: James Ross |
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Langdon • Lee • Langdon • Izard • H Tazewell • Livermore • Bingham • Bradford • Read • Sedgwick • Laurance • Ross • Livermore • Tracy • Howard • Hillhouse • Baldwin • Bradley • Brown •
Franklin • Anderson • Smith • Bradley • Milledge • Gregg • Gaillard • Pope • Crawford • Varnum • Gaillard • Barbour • Gaillard • Macon • Smith • L Tazewell • White • Poindexter • Tyler
• W R King • Southard • Mangum • Sevier • Atchison • W R King • Atchison • Cass • Bright • Stuart • Bright • Mason • Rusk • Fitzpatrick • Bright • Fitzpatrick • Foot •
Clark • Foster • Wade • Anthony • Carpenter • Anthony • Ferry • Thurman • Bayard • Davis • Edmunds • Sherman • Ingalls • Manderson • Ransom • Harris • Frye • (Special: Bacon • Curtis •
Gallinger • Brandegee • Lodge) • Clarke • Saulsbury • Cummins • Moses • Pittman • W H King • Harrison • Glass • McKellar • Vandenberg • McKellar • Bridges • George • Hayden •
Russell • Ellender • Eastland • Magnuson • Young • Magnuson • Thurmond • Stennis • Byrd • Thurmond • Byrd • Thurmond • Byrd • Stevens
Emeritus: Thurmond • Byrd |
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