Lawrence Tyson
United States Senator from Tennessee · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1861 to 1929 · aged 68
Lawrence Davis Tyson was an American brigadier general, politician, lawyer and textile manufacturer, who operated primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Brigadier General Lawrence D. Tyson, commanding the 59th Brigade, 30th Division, pictured here with a group of staff officers near Poperinge, six kilometers from Ypres, Belgium, September 1, 1918.
Major General George W. Read, commanding U.S. II Corps, Major General Edward M. Lewis, commanding the 30th Division, and Brigadier General Lawrence Tyson, spectators at II Corps Field Meet boxing matches. Pictured here at Corbie, Somme, France, November 4, 1918.
Senator Tyson, photographed in his office in December 1925
Grave of Tyson at Old Gray CemeteryAbout this person
During World War I, Tyson commanded the 59th Brigade of the 30th Infantry Division, then served as a Democratic United States senator from Tennessee from 1925 until his death.
Country
United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1861 to 1929 · aged 68
