Lawrason's senatorial terms were twenty years apart -- 1896-1900 and 1920-1924.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (East and West Feliciana parishes)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> He was the vice-president of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898, the same year that he authored the Lawrason Act. In 1908, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor, losing to his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Paul M. Lambremont. From 1908 to 1912, Lawrason was a member of the Louisiana State Board of Education (now the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education), with parallel service still on the LSU board of supervisors.<ref name=lahist/> | Lawrason's senatorial terms were twenty years apart -- 1896-1900 and 1920-1924.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (East and West Feliciana parishes)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref> He was the vice-president of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898, the same year that he authored the Lawrason Act. In 1908, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor, losing to his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Paul M. Lambremont. From 1908 to 1912, Lawrason was a member of the Louisiana State Board of Education (now the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education), with parallel service still on the LSU board of supervisors.<ref name=lahist/> |