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Preceded by
  
David S. King

Political party
  
Republican

Resigned
  
January 3, 1973

Succeeded by
  
Wayne Owens

Party
  
Republican Party

Preceded by
  
David S. King

Role
  
U.S. representative

Succeeded by
  
David S. King

Name
  
Sherman Lloyd


Sherman P. Lloyd

Full Name
  
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd

Born
  
January 11, 1911 St. Anthony, Idaho (
1911-01-11
)

Resting place
  
Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W / 40.7772000; -111.858000

Died
  
December 15, 1979, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Education
  
Utah State University, George Washington University

Similar People
  
Heber J Grant, George Q Cannon, John Taylor, George Albert Smith, Wilford Woodruff

Sherman Parkinson Lloyd (January 11, 1914 – December 15, 1979) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.

Biography

Lloyd was born in St. Anthony, Fremont County, Idaho, Lloyd's father was a counselor in the Stake Presidency at the time. Lloyd attended St. Anthony and Rexburg public schools. Lloyd was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Lloyd received his B.S. from Utah State University in 1935 and then studied law at George Washington University from which he received his LL.B. in 1939. He worked for the USDA while going through law school.

He was admitted to the bar in 1939 and began practice of law in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served as general counsel for Utah Retail Grocers Association 1940-1962. He served as a member of the State senate from 1954 to 1962, serving as majority leader in 1957, president in 1959, and minority leader in 1961. He served as a member of Utah Legislative Council from 1957 to 1961, chairman from 1959 to 1961. He served as Utah representative on board of managers of Council of State Governments from 1959 to 1961. He served as chairman of the Council of State Governments Committee on State Taxation of Interstate Income from 1961 to 1962. He served as director of Beehive State Bank from 1960 to 1966. He served as a delegate, State conventions 1960, 1962, 1964, and 1966. He served as a delegate, Republican National Convention, 1960. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress.

Lloyd was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress, November 6, 1962 defeating fellow State Senator Bruce Jenkins. Lloyd served in congress from (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for the United States Senate. He returned to Utah to become vice president of Prudential Federal Savings, in charge of public relations. Lecturer at the University of Utah.

Lloyd was elected to the Ninetieth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress. He was appointed assistant director of the United States Information Agency in 1973. He again returned to Utah to teach at Utah State University from 1973 to 1974, holding the Milton R. Merrill Chair in Political Science.

Lloyd was named a trade specialist in charge of the Utah office of the Department of Commerce in 1974. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1976 to the United States Senate. He became an editor and publisher. Lloyd resided in Salt Lake City, where he died, December 15, 1979. He was interred in Salt Lake City Cemetery.

References

Sherman P. Lloyd Wikipedia