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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJames LLOYD
(1769-1831)
Senate Years of Service:
1808-1813; 1822-1823; 1823-1825; 1825-1826Party: Federalist; Federalist;
Adams-Clay Federalist; AdamsLLOYD, James, a Senator
from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., in December 1769;
attended the Boston Latin School and graduated from Harvard
University in 1787; became a merchant and was interested in foreign
trade; member, State house of representatives 1800-1801; member,
State senate 1804; elected as a Federalist to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Quincy
Adams in 1808; reelected, and served from June 9, 1808, until May
1, 1813, when he resigned; again elected in 1822 to the United
States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Harrison Gray Otis; reelected, and served from June 5, 1822, until
May 23, 1826, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Naval
Affairs (Eighteenth Congress), Committee on Commerce (Nineteenth
Congress); retired from public life and moved to Philadelphia, Pa.,
in 1826; died in New York City, April 5, 1831; interment in
Kings’ Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
Bibliography
Ford, Worthington C. “The Recall of John Quincy Adams in
1808.” Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings 45
(October 1911-June 1912): 354-75; Ford, Worthington C., ed.
“Letters of James Lloyd, 1815-1824.” Massachusetts
Historical Society Proceedings 45 (October 1911-June 1912):
375-408.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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