LAURIE, James, a House Chaplain; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, February 11, 1778; graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland; D.D., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1815; ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1800; clerk, Register’s Office of the Treasury Department of the United States, 1803–1853; pastor, F Street Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., 1803–1853; elected Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives to the Eighth and to the succeeding Congress (November 30, 1804–April 21, 1806); died on April 18, 1853, in Washington, D.C.
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[ Top ]History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “LAURIE, James,” https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/L/LAURIE,-James/ (June 27, 2022)
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