Joab Lawler (June 12, 1796 – May 8, 1838) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Alabama
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. He also served in the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate.
Born in
Union County, North Carolina
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, Lawler moved with his father to Tennessee and in 1815 to Mississippi Territory. He attended public schools. He studied theology and was licensed to preach.
In 1820, he moved to
Mardisville, Alabama and pursued his ministerial duties.
He served as member of the State House of Representatives 1826-1831.
He served in the State Senate 1831 and 1832. He was the Receiver of Public Moneys for the Coosa land district 1832-1835 and served as treasurer of the
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
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1833-1836.
Lawler was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-fourth Congress.
He was re-elected as a
Whig to the
Twenty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1835, until his death in
Washington, D.C.
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, on May 8, 1838. He was interred in the
Congressional Cemetery
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.
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1796 births
1838 deaths
Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
20th-century members of the Alabama Legislature