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'''Lemuel Sawyer''' (1777 – January 9, 1852) was a [[United States House of Representatives|Congressional Representative]] from [[North Carolina]]; born in [[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]], near [[Elizabeth City, North Carolina]]; attended Flatbush Academy, [[Long Island, New York]], and was graduated from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] in 1799; attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]] at [[Philadelphia]] for a time; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice in Elizabeth City, N.C.; member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly|State house of commons]] in 1800 and 1801; elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1813); elected to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1823); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; department [[clerk (position)|clerk]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], until his death in that city ; interment in the family burying ground at Lambs Ferry, Camden County, about four miles from Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C. |
'''Lemuel Sawyer''' (1777 – January 9, 1852) was a [[United States House of Representatives|Congressional Representative]] from [[North Carolina]]; born in [[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden County]], near [[Elizabeth City, North Carolina]]; attended Flatbush Academy, [[Long Island, New York]], and was graduated from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] in 1799; attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]] at [[Philadelphia]] for a time; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice in Elizabeth City, N.C.; member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly|State house of commons]] in 1800 and 1801; elected as a [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] to the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1813); elected to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses as a [[Jacksonian]] (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1823); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; department [[clerk (position)|clerk]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], until his death in that city ; interment in the family burying ground at Lambs Ferry, Camden County, about four miles from Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C. |
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Lemuel Sawyer (1777 – January 9, 1852) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Camden County, near Elizabeth City, North Carolina; attended Flatbush Academy, Long Island, New York, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1799; attended the University of PennsylvaniaatPhiladelphia for a time; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice in Elizabeth City, N.C.; member of the State house of commons in 1800 and 1801; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1813); elected to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses as a Jacksonian (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1823); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; department clerkinWashington, D.C., until his death in that city ; interment in the family burying ground at Lambs Ferry, Camden County, about four miles from Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C.
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