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In the years after the Civil War, Lawton became increasingly important as a political figure in Georgia, serving in various administrative posts.

He lost the 1880 election for the U. S. Senate in an election which seemed to represent a victory of the " New South " over the " Old South.

" He was chosen President of the American Bar Association in 1882.

Five years later, he was appointed Minister to Austria-Hungary and left that post in 1889.

Lawton died in Clifton Springs, New York.