Marilyn Lloyd

Marilyn Laird Lloyd (born January 3, 1929 in Fort Smith , Arkansas , † September 19, 2018 in Chattanooga , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1975 and 1995 she represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Rachel Marilyn Laird, her maiden name, attended Western Kentucky College High School in Bowling Green until 1945 . She then studied at the University of Alabama in Selma . She then completed a degree at Shorter College in Rome ( Georgia ) until 1960 . In Dalton she ran her own radio station. She also became the owner and CEO of Executive Aviation in Winchester, Tennessee.

Her first marriage was to TV presenter Mort Lloyd. He had been nominated as the Democratic Party candidate for the 1974 congressional elections . But before the election, he was killed in a plane crash. After that, the nomination went to his widow. In the following elections she was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Tennessee , where she succeeded LaMar Baker on January 3, 1975 . After nine re-elections, she was able to complete ten legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1995 . There she was a member of the Science Committee for the full 20 years of her membership in Congress . From 1983 to 1995 she also sat on the Armed Forces Committee . She was also a member of the Committee on Public Works from 1975 to 1987 . Lloyd was also at times a member of the commission dealing with aging.

She was married to Joseph Bouquard in 1978 until her divorce in 1983. During this time she was in Congress under the name Marilyn Lloyd Bouquard. In 1991 she married the late physician Robert Fowler. In 1994 she decided not to run again. Most recently she lived in retirement.

Web links

Marilyn Lloyd in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

^ Former Chattanooga congresswoman Marilyn Lloyd dies at 89. In: Chattanooga Times Free Press . September 20, 2018, accessed September 21, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lloyd, Marilyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Laird, Rachel Marilyn (maiden name); Lloyd Bouquard, Marilyn (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 3, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fort Smith , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH	19th September 2018
Place of death	Chattanooga , Tennessee

[1] Former Chattanooga congresswoman Marilyn Lloyd dies at 89. In: Chattanooga Times Free Press . September 20, 2018, accessed September 21, 2018 .