James Tilghman Lloyd

James Tilghman Lloyd

James Tilghman Lloyd (born August 28, 1857 in Canton , Lewis County , Missouri , †  April 3, 1944 in Quincy , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1917 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Lloyd attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1878 at Christian University , from which the later Stockton-Culver College emerged . Afterwards, Lloyd taught as a teacher for some time. From 1879 to 1881 he was the deputy chief of police in Lewis County . At the same time he was employed by the district administration until 1882. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1882, he began to work in this profession in Monticello . In 1885 he moved his office and residence to Shelbyville . Between 1889 and 1893, Lloyd was a prosecutor in Shelby County .

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1908 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver , where William Jennings Bryan was nominated for the third time as a candidate for president. In 1897 Lloyd was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a by-election for the first Missouri seat , where he took up his new mandate on June 1, 1897. After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1917 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. Between 1911 and 1917, Lloyd was chairman of the Committee on Accounts .

In 1916, Lloyd decided not to run again. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer in the federal capital Washington until 1925. In 1924 and 1925 he was a member of the local education committee. In 1925 Lloyd was president of the local chamber of commerce. He then continued his legal practice in Canton. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of Culver-Stockton College . James Lloyd died in Quincy on April 3, 1944 and was buried in Canton.

Web links

• James Tilghman Lloyd in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Lloyd Tilghman in the database of Find a Grave (English)