McLaurin, John Lowndes, 1860-1934

LC control no.	n 88274945
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	McLaurin, John Lowndes, 1860-1934 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	McLaurin, John Lowndes, 1860-
Birth date	1860-05-09
Death date	1934-07-29
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Legislators
Found in	NUCMC data from U. of SC, Caroliniana Lib. for Richards, J.G. Papers, 1889-1957 (John L. McLaurin) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: McLaurin, John Lowndes, 1860- ; usage: John Lowndes McLaurin) Bio. dir. Am. cong., 1961 (McLaurin, John Lowndes, atty gen. of S.C., 1891-1897; served in house, 1892-1897; senate, 1897-1903; d. 1934) WWWA, 1897-1942 (McLaurin, John Lowndes, senator; b. Red Bluff, S.C., 1860; m. Nora Breeden, 1883; U.S. Senator, 1897-1903; home: Bennettsville, S.C.; d. 1934) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed August 28, 2023: (McLaurin, John Lowndes, a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in Red Bluff, Marlboro County, S.C., May 9, 1860; attended schools at Bennettsville, S.C., and Englewood, N.J., Bethel Military Academy, near Warrenton, Va., and Swarthmore (Pa.) College; graduated from the Carolina Military Institute; studied law in the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; admitted to the bar in 1883 and practiced in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, S.C.; member, State house of representatives 1890-1891; attorney general of the State 1891-1897; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Eli T. Stackhouse; reelected to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from December 5, 1892, until May 31, 1897, when he resigned; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph H. Earle and served from June 1, 1897, to March 3, 1903; was not a candidate for reelection; censured by the Senate in 1902 for an assault in which he participated on the Senate floor; moved to New York City and resumed the practice of law; returned to Bennettsville, S.C., and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State senate 1914-1915; author of the State warehouse system for storing and financing cotton; served as State warehouse commissioner from 1915 until his resignation in 1917; died at his estate near Bennettsville, S.C., July 29, 1934; interment in McCall Cemetery)
Associated language	eng