Philip Kissick Lawrence

Philip Kissick Lawrence ( 1793 – May 19, 1841) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Education and career Born in New York City, to Gilbert Lawrence and Margaret Kissick Lawrence, Lawrence graduated from Columbia University in 1812, received a Bachelor of Laws from Litchfield Law School in 1814, and received a master's degree from Columbia University in 1818. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1818. He moved to Louisiana and continued private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana until 1837. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He was editor of the New Orleans Morning Post from 1835 to 1836. He was the United States Attorney for the Districts of Louisiana until 1837. He was a member of the Whig Party. Federal judicial service Lawrence was nominated by President Martin Van Buren on September 6, 1837, to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana vacated by Judge Samuel Hadden Harper. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12, 1837, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on March 19, 1841, due to his death in New Orleans.