but was elected again in 1838, serving in the 26th Congress. In 1840, he took an active part in the successful presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison. In 1842, he was appointed commissioner to settle the Northeastern Boundary Dispute between Canada and the United States. In 1844, he supported the campaign of Henry Clay and was a presidential elector. Lawrence was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1846, and subsequently was also elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1847. In 1848, Lawrence was an unsuccessful candidate for party nomination as vice president on the Whig ticket, headed by Zachary Taylor. After Taylor's presidential victory, he offered Lawrence a choice of positions in the administration. Lawrence rejected a cabinet appointment, and chose the post of minister to Great Britain. He was involved in the negotiations of the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty, and resigned in October 1852. He returned to the United States to join the 1852 presidential campaign of Gen. Winfield Scott. However, he grew dissatisfied with the Whig stand on slavery, and abandoned the party. Lawrence was active in Boston's Unitarian Church and donated money to various causes. He supported Lawrence Academy, affordable housing in Boston, and the Boston Public Library. He also provided $50,000 to establish the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard College, and provided a similar sum in his will for the School. He died in Boston on August 18, 1855, aged 62, and was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Notes References Retrieved on 2008-02-15 External links Businesspeople from Massachusetts Philanthropists from Massachusetts Harvard University people Ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom People from Groton, Massachusetts Massachusetts National Republicans Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1792 births 1855 deaths Politicians from Lawrence, Massachusetts Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery 19th-century American diplomats National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts 19th-century American politicians Members of the American Antiquarian Society 19th-century American philanthropists 19th-century American businesspeople