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David L. Lawrence

AKA David Leo Lawrence

Born: 18-Jun-1889
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA
Died: 21-Nov-1966
Location of death: Pittsburgh, PA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic [1]

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of Pennsylvania, 1959-63

Military service: US Army (Adjutant General's Office, 1918-19)

[1] State Chairman, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, 1937-45.

Father: Charles B. Lawrence (teamster, Chairman of lower Pittsburgh 3rd Ward)
Mother: Catherine Conwell
Wife: Alyce Golden (m. 8-Jun-1921, three children)

US Official President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing (1963-66)
Governor of Pennsylvania (1959-63)
Mayor of Pittsburgh (1946-59)
Pennsylvania State Official Secretary of the Commonwealth (1935-39)
US Treasury Department US Collector of Internal Revenue, Western Pennsylvania
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
Corruption (acquitted)
Irish Ancestry

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