Background
Gressette, Lawrence Marion was born on February 11, 1902 in Saint Matthews, South Carolina, United States. Son of J. T. and Rosa (Wannamaker) Gressette.
Gressette, Lawrence Marion was born on February 11, 1902 in Saint Matthews, South Carolina, United States. Son of J. T. and Rosa (Wannamaker) Gressette.
Juris Doctor, University of Southern California, 1924, Doctor of Laws, 1977. Doctor of Laws, Clemson University, 1980, The Citadel, 1981.
Bar: South Carolina. 1924. Practiced in, Saint Mathews, 1924-1984. Member firm Gressette & Gressette, 1959-1980, Gressette and Prickett, 1980-1984.
Member South Carolina.
Senate, 1937-1984, president pro tem, 1972-1984, Chairman of Commission on judiciary, 1953-1984, committee highways, 1970, vice Chairman of Commission on education, 1967-1984, vice chairman South Carolina. Reorganization Commission, 1972-1976, chairman Commision on Interstate Cooperative, 1972-1984.
Member governing board Council State Govts., 1972-1984. Chairman South Carolina.
School Committee, 1951-1966.
Member South Carolina. Democratic Executive Committee, 1948-1984, chairman, 1953-1954. Delegate at large National Democratic Convention, Chicago, 1956, Los Angeles, 1960, Atlantic City, 1964.
The purpose of human existence is to love, worship, and serve God in thought, word, and deed, and, grounded in this relationship with God, to love and serve others
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Florence Howell, August 18, 1927.