Lemuel Sawyer: Difference between revisions

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lemuel Sawyer

| state = [[North Carolina]]

| district = [[North Carolina's 1st congressional district|1st]]

| term_start = March 4, 1825

| term_end = March 3, 1829

| predecessor = [[Alfred Moore Gatlin]]

| successor = [[William Biddle Shepard]]

| term_start2 = March 4, 1817

| term_end2 = March 3, 1823

| predecessor2= [[William H. Murfree]]

| successor2 = Alfred Moore Gatlin

| term_start3 = March 4, 1807

| term_end3 = March 3, 1813

| predecessor3= [[Thomas Wynns]]

| successor3 = William H. Murfree

| birth_date = 1777

| birth_place = [[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]], North Carolina

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1852|1|9|1777}}

| death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]]

| party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]

| alma_mater = [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]

}}

'''Lemuel Sawyer''' (1777 – January 9, 1852) was an American politician who served as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[North Carolina]].

Sawyer was born in [[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]], near [[Elizabeth City, North Carolina]]. He attended Flatbush Academy, [[Long Island, New York]], and was graduated from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] in 1799. He attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]] at [[Philadelphia]] for a time. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Sawyer was a member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly|State House of Commons]] in 1800 and 1801. He was elected to the [[Tenth United States Congress|Tenth]], [[Eleventh United States Congress|Eleventh]], and [[Twelfth United States Congress|Twelfth]] Congresses (March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813) as a [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]], and the [[Fifteenth United States Congress|Fifteenth]], [[Sixteenth United States Congress|Sixteenth]], and [[Seventeenth United States Congress|Seventeenth]] as a [[Jacksonian Democrats|Jacksonian]] (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823). He ran unsuccessfully in 1822 for the [[Eighteenth United States Congress|Eighteenth Congress]]. Sawyer was elected to the [[Nineteenth United States Congress|Nineteenth]] and [[Twentieth United States Congress|Twentieth Congresses]] (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829), but was not reelected in 1828 to the [[Twenty-first United States Congress|Twenty-first Congress]]. He was department [[clerk (position)|clerk]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], until his death in that city.

He was interred in the family burying ground at Lambs Ferry, [[Camden County, North Carolina]], about {{convert|4|mi|km}} from [[Elizabeth City, North Carolina]].

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| state=North Carolina

| district=1

| before=[[Thomas Wynns]]

| years=March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813

| after=[[William H. Murfree]]

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{{US House succession box

| state=North Carolina

| district=1

| before=[[William H. Murfree]]

| years=March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823

| after=[[Alfred M. Gatlin]]

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| state=North Carolina

| district=1

| before=[[Alfred M. Gatlin]]

| years=March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829

| after=[[William B. Shepard]]

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[[Category:People from Camden County, North Carolina]]

[[Category:Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives]]

[[Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni]]

[[Category:Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina]]

[[Category:Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina]]

[[Category:19th-century American legislators]]