Lawrence Brock (August 16, 1906 – August 28, 1968) was a

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Democratic

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. Brock was born near

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. He graduated from

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and then the College of

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of the

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in 1929. He became a pharmacist in

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. He then became a cattle feeder and farmer and the president of Nebraska Livestock Feeders Association, Cornbelt Livestock Feeders Association, and Northeast Nebraska Rural Electric Association. Brock was a member of the Nebraska Highway Advisory Commission and then a delegate to the

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He was the chair of the

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from 1954 to 1956. In 1958 he was elected to the

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serving from January 3, 1959 to January 3, 1961, and failed in his bid to be reelected in 1960. He was then appointed in February 1961 as the administrator of the

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He died in

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and was buried in Wakefield Cemetery in

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# # * * 1906 births 1968 deaths University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni American pharmacists People from Columbus, Nebraska Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska 20th-century American politicians People from Madison, Nebraska United States Department of Agriculture officials {{Nebraska-politician-stub