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 {{Infobox officeholder
-|name= Samuel McCutcheon Lawrason
+|name= Samuel McCutchon Lawrason
 |office= [[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> East and West Feliciana parishes
 |term_start=1896
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 George Carson Lawrason and the former Zelia McCutcheon. }}
-'''Samuel McCutcheon Lawrason''' (July 31, 1852 &ndash; November 8, 1924)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35649544/samuel-mccutchon-lawrason|title=Samuel McCutcheon Lawrason|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] who served two nonconsecutive terms in the [[Louisiana]] State Senate for East and West Feliciana Parish, located north of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He is principally known for the Lawrason Act of 1898, by which municipalities in Louisiana may incorporate into towns or cities without specific clearance from the state legislature.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-l/|title=Lawrason, Samuel McCutcheon|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''; Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses 1909-1924 files from the law firm Lawrason & Kilbourne in St. Francisville, Louisiana, and certain West Feliciana Parish records in writing its Lawrason biography.</ref>
+'''Samuel McCutchon Lawrason''' (July 31, 1852 &ndash; November 8, 1924)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35649544/samuel-mccutchon-lawrason|title=Samuel McCutcheon Lawrason|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] who served two nonconsecutive terms in the [[Louisiana]] State Senate for East and West Feliciana Parish, located north of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He is principally known for the Lawrason Act of 1898, by which municipalities in Louisiana may incorporate into towns or cities without specific clearance from the state legislature.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-l/|title=Lawrason, Samuel McCutcheon|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''; Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses 1909-1924 files from the law firm Lawrason & Kilbourne in St. Francisville, Louisiana, and certain West Feliciana Parish records in writing its Lawrason biography.</ref>
 ==Background==

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 ==Background==
-Lawrason was born in [[New Orleans]] to George Carson Lawrason (1816-1874) and the former Zelia Henderson McCutcheon (1828-1864).<ref name=findagrave/> He was educated in [[France]] and [[Spain]] before he received a degree in 1872 in civil [[engineering]] from the [[University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]]. Two years later he received an LL.D. degree from the [[Tulane University]] Law School, then part of the institution known as the University of Louisiana at New Orleans, where he susequently launched his law practice. Lawrason also held interests in [[cotton]] and [[sugar]] planting at different locations along the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name=lahist/>
+Lawrason was born in [[New Orleans]] to George Carson Lawrason, I (1816-1874), and the former Zelia Henderson McCutcheon (1828-1864).<ref name=findagrave/> He was educated in [[France]] and [[Spain]] before he received a degree in 1872 in civil [[engineering]] from the [[University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]]. Two years later he received an LL.D. degree from the [[Tulane University]] Law School, then part of the institution known as the University of Louisiana at New Orleans, where he susequently launched his law practice. Lawrason also held interests in [[cotton]] and [[sugar]] planting at different locations along the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name=lahist/>
-In 1875, Lawrason married the former Harriet "Hattie" Mathews (1856-1927), daughter of Charles Lewis Mathews and the former Penelope Stewart. He then relocated his law practice and residence to West Feliciana Parish. The couple had nine children: Zelia Lawrason (1876-1916), Anne Mathews Lawrason Butler (1878-1962), George C. Lawrason (1879-1941), Charles Lawrason, Helen Stewart Lawrason Kilpatrick (1884-1963), Margaret Butler Lawrason (1886-1977), Thomas Butler Lawrason, Sr., and Levering Lawrason (1892-1979).<ref name=findagrave/> In 1891, the Lawrasons' next-to-the-youngest child, Samuel, Jr., died at three months of age on May 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35649649/samuel-lawrason|title=Samuel Lawrason|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
+In 1875, Lawrason married the former Harriet "Hattie" Mathews (1856-1927), daughter of Charles Lewis Mathews and the former Penelope Stewart. He then relocated his law practice and residence to West Feliciana Parish. The couple had nine children: Zelia Lawrason (1876-1916), Anne Mathews Lawrason Butler (1878-1962), George C. Lawrason, II (1879-1941), Charles Lawrason, Helen Stewart Lawrason Kilpatrick (1884-1963), Margaret Butler Lawrason (1886-1977), Thomas Butler Lawrason, Sr., and Levering Lawrason (1892-1979).<ref name=findagrave/> In 1891, the Lawrasons' next-to-the-youngest child, Samuel, Jr., died at three months of age on May 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35649649/samuel-lawrason|title=Samuel Lawrason|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
 Lawrason was affiliated with the Grace [[Episcopal]] in St. Francisville, the parish seat of West Feliciana Parish. He was also a member of the Masonic lodge.<ref name=lahist/>

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	Lawrason's senatorial terms were twenty years apart -- 1896-1900 and 1920-1924.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf\|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (East and West Feliciana parishes)\|publisher=Louisiana State Senate\|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> He was the vice-president of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898, the same year that he authored the Lawrason Act. In 1908, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor, losing to his fellow [[Democratic Party\|Democrat]], Paul M. Lambremont. From 1908 to 1912, Lawrason was a member of the Louisiana State Board of Education (now the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education), with parallel service still on the LSU board of supervisors.<ref name=lahist/>		Lawrason's senatorial terms were twenty years apart -- 1896-1900 and 1920-1924.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf\|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (East and West Feliciana parishes)\|publisher=Louisiana State Senate\|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> He was the vice-president of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898, the same year that he authored the Lawrason Act. In 1908, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor, losing to his fellow [[Democratic Party\|Democrat]], Paul M. Lambremont. From 1908 to 1912, Lawrason was a member of the Louisiana State Board of Education (now the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education), with parallel service still on the LSU board of supervisors.<ref name=lahist/>

−	Lawrason's place of death is unknown. He is interred at the Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville.<ref>''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' November 9, 1924.</ref>	+	Lawrason's place of death is unknown. He is interred beside his wife and most of his children at the Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville.<ref>''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' November 9, 1924.</ref>

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 |resting_place=Grace [[Episcopal]] Church Cemetery in t. Francisville, Louisiana
 |residence=St. Francisville<br>West Feliciana Parish
-|spouse= Harriet Mathews "Hattie" Lawrason (married 1875-1924, his death)
+|spouse= Harriet Mathews "Hattie" Lawrason (married<br> 1875-1924, his death)
 |children=Samuel Lawrason, Jr. (died at three months of age in 1891)
 Zelia Lawrason<br>

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 George Carson Lawrason and the former Zelia McCutcheon. }}
-'''Samuel McCutcheon Lawrason''' (July 31, 1852 &ndash; November 8, 1924)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35649544/samuel-mccutchon-lawrason|title=Samuel McCutcheon Lawraso|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] who served two nonconsecutive terms in the [[Louisiana]] State Senate for East and West Feliciana Parish, located north of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He is principally known for the Lawrason Act of 1898, by which municipalities in Louisiana may incorporate into towns or cities without specific clearance from the state legislature.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-l/|title=Lawrason, Samuel McCutcheon|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''; Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses 1909-1924 files from the law firm Lawrason & Kilbourne in St. Francisville, Louisiana, and certain West Feliciana Parish records in writing its Lawrason biography.</ref>
+'''Samuel McCutcheon Lawrason''' (July 31, 1852 &ndash; November 8, 1924)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35649544/samuel-mccutchon-lawrason|title=Samuel McCutcheon Lawrason|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] who served two nonconsecutive terms in the [[Louisiana]] State Senate for East and West Feliciana Parish, located north of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He is principally known for the Lawrason Act of 1898, by which municipalities in Louisiana may incorporate into towns or cities without specific clearance from the state legislature.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-l/|title=Lawrason, Samuel McCutcheon|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''; Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses 1909-1924 files from the law firm Lawrason & Kilbourne in St. Francisville, Louisiana, and certain West Feliciana Parish records in writing its Lawrason biography.</ref>
 ==Background==

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 Helen Stewart Kilpatrick<br>
 Margaret Butler Lawrason<br>
-Thomas Butler Lawrason<br>
+Thomas Butler Lawrason, Sr.<br>
 Levering Lawrason
 |party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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 Lawrason was born in [[New Orleans]] to George Carson Lawrason (1816-1874) and the former Zelia Henderson McCutcheon (1828-1864).<ref name=findagrave/> He was educated in [[France]] and [[Spain]] before he received a degree in 1872 in civil [[engineering]] from the [[University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]]. Two years later he received an LL.D. degree from the [[Tulane University]] Law School, then part of the institution known as the University of Louisiana at New Orleans, where he susequently launched his law practice. Lawrason also held interests in [[cotton]] and [[sugar]] planting at different locations along the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name=lahist/>
-In 1875, Lawrason married the former Harriet "Hattie" Mathews (1856-1927), daughter of Charles Lewis Mathews and the former Penelope Stewart. He then relocated his law practice and residence to West Feliciana Parish. The couple had nine children: Zelia Lawrason (1876-1916), Anne Mathews Lawrason Butler (1878-1962), George C. Lawrason (1879-1941), Charles Lawrason, Helen Stewart Lawrason Kilpatrick (1884-1963), Margaret Butler Lawrason (1886-1977), Thomas Butler Lawrason, and Levering Lawrason (1892-1979).<ref name=findagrave/> In 1891, the Lawrasons' next-to-the-youngest child, Samuel, Jr., died at three months of age on May 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35649649/samuel-lawrason|title=Samuel Lawrason|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
+In 1875, Lawrason married the former Harriet "Hattie" Mathews (1856-1927), daughter of Charles Lewis Mathews and the former Penelope Stewart. He then relocated his law practice and residence to West Feliciana Parish. The couple had nine children: Zelia Lawrason (1876-1916), Anne Mathews Lawrason Butler (1878-1962), George C. Lawrason (1879-1941), Charles Lawrason, Helen Stewart Lawrason Kilpatrick (1884-1963), Margaret Butler Lawrason (1886-1977), Thomas Butler Lawrason, Sr., and Levering Lawrason (1892-1979).<ref name=findagrave/> In 1891, the Lawrasons' next-to-the-youngest child, Samuel, Jr., died at three months of age on May 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35649649/samuel-lawrason|title=Samuel Lawrason|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref>
 Lawrason was affiliated with the Grace [[Episcopal]] in St. Francisville, the parish seat of West Feliciana Parish. He was also a member of the Masonic lodge.<ref name=lahist/>

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 In 1876, Lawrason was elected as parish judge and served until 1879, when the position was abolished. He was active in the Ballot Reform League and served on the West Feliciana Parish School Board from 1884 to 1905. From 1887 to 1923, he was a member of the board of supervisors of [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge, through which forum he became an early advocate of co-education.<ref name=lahist/>
-Lawrason's senatorial terms were twenty years apart - 1896-1900 and 1920-1924.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (East and West Feliciana parishes)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> He was the vice-president of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898, the same year that he authored the Lawrason Act. In 1908, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor, losing to his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Paul M. Lambremont. From 1908 to 1912, Lawrason was a member of the Louisiana State Board of Education (now the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education), with parallel service still on the LSU board of supervisors.<ref name=lahist/>
+Lawrason's senatorial terms were twenty years apart -- 1896-1900 and 1920-1924.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (East and West Feliciana parishes)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> He was the vice-president of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898, the same year that he authored the Lawrason Act. In 1908, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor, losing to his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Paul M. Lambremont. From 1908 to 1912, Lawrason was a member of the Louisiana State Board of Education (now the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education), with parallel service still on the LSU board of supervisors.<ref name=lahist/>
 Lawrason's place of death is unknown. He is interred at the Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville.<ref>''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' November 9, 1924.</ref>