Lemuel Sawyer

Lemuel Sawyer (1777 – January 9, 1852) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

Lemuel Sawyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st district
In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Preceded by	Alfred Moore Gatlin
Succeeded by	William Biddle Shepard
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by	William H. Murfree
Succeeded by	Alfred Moore Gatlin
In office March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	Thomas Wynns
Succeeded by	William H. Murfree
Personal details
Born	1777 Camden County, North Carolina
Died	January 9, 1852(1852-01-09) (aged 74–75) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Alma mater	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sawyer was born in Camden County, near Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He attended Flatbush Academy, Long Island, New York, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1799. He attended the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia for a time. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Sawyer was a member of the State House of Commons in 1800 and 1801. He was elected to the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Congresses (March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813) as a Democratic-Republican, and the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth as a Jacksonian (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823). He ran unsuccessfully in 1822 for the Eighteenth Congress. Sawyer was elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829), but was not reelected in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. He was department clerk in Washington, D.C., until his death in that city.

He was interred in the family burying ground at Lambs Ferry, Camden County, North Carolina, about 4 miles (6.4 km) from Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

External links

• United States Congress. "Lemuel Sawyer (id: S000089)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas Wynns	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st congressional district March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813	Succeeded by William H. Murfree
Preceded by William H. Murfree	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st congressional district March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	Succeeded by Alfred M. Gatlin
Preceded by Alfred M. Gatlin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st congressional district March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	Succeeded by William B. Shepard