Lawrence, Jesse H.
Birth Year : 1900
Death Year : 1966
Jesse H. Lawrence was born in Anchorage, KY, the son of Reverend and Mrs. E. D. Lawrence. A graduate of Central High School, he earned his A.B. at Howard University and his M.S. at Indiana University. He was owner of Fannie L. Hobbs Funeral Home. In 1926, he married Julia Lessie Brown. Lawrence, a Republican, was the third African American in the Kentucky General Assembly, elected Representative of the 42nd District (Louisville) in 1950. Lawrence was also the alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention from Kentucky in 1960. One of Lawrence's many accomplishments was the introduction of an amendment to the Day Law to allow white and African American students to attend together public and private higher education schools in Kentucky, providing that a comparable accredited course was not available to African American students at Kentucky State University. For more contact the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission.


See photo image of Jesse H. Lawrence on p. 4 in the Kentucky Negro Educational Association Journal, December 1950, vol. 22, no. 1.
Subjects: Politicians, Politics, Appointments & Elections, Legislators, Kentucky
Geographic Region: Anchorage and Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky