Lawrence, Edward

Edward Lawrence presumably supported American Party candidate Millard Fillmore in the 1856 presidential election. Abraham Lincoln sent Lawrence a form letter on September 8, 1856 asking him to reconsider his support of Fillmore in favor of Republican candidate John C. Fremont.

Abraham Lincoln to Edward Lawrence (form letter); Philip G. Auchampaugh, “Campaign of 1856,” Dictionary of American History, rev. ed. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1976), 1:420-21.