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David Leo Lawrence (* 18. Juni 1889 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; † 21. November 1966 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1959 bis 1963 der 39. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Pennsylvania. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Frühe Jahre. 2 Politischer Aufstieg. 3 Gouverneur von Pennsylvania. 4 Bundespolitischer Einfluss und weiterer Lebenslauf.
David Leo Lawrence (June 18, 1889 – November 21, 1966) was an American politician who served as the 37th governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1963. The first Catholic elected as Pennsylvania's governor, Lawrence is the only mayor of Pittsburgh to have also been elected as Governor of Pennsylvania. He served four terms as mayor ...
Pennsylvania. Gov. David Leo Lawrence. Terms January 20, 1959 - January 15, 1963. Party Democratic. Born June 18, 1889. Passed November 21, 1966. Birth State Pennsylvania. Family Married Alice Golden; five children. About. DAVID LEO LAWRENCE was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Biography. David Leo Lawrence was the last of Pennsylvania's governors born in the nineteenth century, the first Roman Catholic governor, the leader of Pittsburgh's first renaissance, and a powerful boss of the Democratic machine, which was called the "maker of presidents."
20. Aug. 2010 · David L. Lawrence (1889–1966) is the foremost political figure this city has produced. He was one of America’s major political bosses and machine politicians in a select triumvirate with Boston’s James Michael Curley (1874–1958) and Chicago’s Richard J. Daley (1902–1976).
David Leo Lawrence was a politician in Pittsburgh. A native of Pittsburgh, Lawrence served as the city's mayor (1945-1959), state governor (1959-1963), and as a special assistant to the President (1963-1966). This collection contains: biographical materials; personal correspondence; materials from his trip to Japan in 1962; and materials ...
David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh’s Renaissance Mayor. By Michael Weber. The death of David Leo Lawrence in 1966 ended a fifty-year career of major influence in American politics.
