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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJames Tilghman LLOYD
(1857-1944)
LLOYD, James Tilghman, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Canton, Lewis County, Mo.,
August 28, 1857; attended the public schools; was graduated from
Christian University (now Culver-Stockton College), Canton, Mo., in
1878; taught school; deputy sheriff of Lewis County 1879-1881;
deputy circuit clerk and recorder 1880-1882; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Monticello,
Lewis County, Mo.; moved to Shelbyville, Mo., in 1885 and continued
the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of Shelby County
1889-1893; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard P. Giles; reelected
to the Fifty-sixth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and
served from June 1, 1897, to March 3, 1917; chairman, Committee on
Accounts (Sixty-second through Sixty-fourth Congresses); minority
whip (Fifty-seventh through Sixtieth Congresses); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1916; delegate to the Democratic
National Convention in 1908; chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Committee 1908-1912; settled in Washington, D.C., in
1917 and practiced law until 1925; president of the board of
education in 1924 and 1925; president of the chamber of commerce in
1925; returned to Missouri in 1925 and engaged in the practice of
his profession in Canton; member of the board of curators of
Culver-Stockton College; died in Quincy, Ill., on April 3, 1944;
interment in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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