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wliere he attended scliool and was admitted to the bar. He was a state senator, 1881-85. and presi- dent of the senate during his last term. He was married in 1886 to Mary Elizabetli Stapleforts, of Dorcliester count}', Md. In 1865 lie became gover- nor of Maryhmd, ex-ojjicio, serving till January, 1886, when he was elected by the legislature to fill the term ending with 1887.

LLOYD, David Demarest, dramatist was born in New York city, Sept. 1, 1851. He was gradu- ated at the College of the City of New York in 1870, and became successively a reporter, private secretary to Chief Justice Chase, and newspaper correspondent at Albany and Washington. He wrote the plays : For Co)igress (1882) : The Woman- Hater (1885) ; The Dominie:' s Daughter (1886) ; and The Senator (1889). He died in Hoboken, N.J., Sept. 4, 1889.

LLOYD, Henry Demarest, author, was born in New York city, N.Y., May 1, 1847. He was gradu- ated at Columbia college, A.B., 1867, A.M., 1870 ; and studied law. He married, Dec. 25, 1873, Jessie, daughter of William and Mary Jane (Jansen) Bross. He was connected with the Free Trade League and the New York Evening Post, 1868-71, and with the Chicago Tribune, 1871-85. He is the author of : Strike of Millionaires against Miners (1887) ; Wealth against Commonwealth (1894) ; Country without Strikes (1900) ; Newest England (1900).

LLOYD, James, senator, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1709 ; son of Dr. James and Sarah (Cur- win) Lloyd and a descendant of James Llo^'d who married Gricelda Sylvester and became owner of land in Lloyds Neck, L.I., N.Y., 1668, and of the entire tract in 1679. Dr. James Lloyd was born there, March 28, 1728; practised in Boston, Mass., 1752-1810, received the honorary degree of M.D. from Harvard in 1790, and was a member of the American Philosophical society. James, the sena- tor, was graduated at Harvard, A.B., 1787, A.M., 1790 ; was a merchant's clerk, and as such visited Russia, 1792 ; was a representative in the state legislature, 1800-01; state senator, 1804; U.S. sena- tor, 1808-13, completing the term of John Quincy Adams, 1808-09, and resigning, 1813, before the close of his full term, which was completed by Christopher Gore. He served again, 1822-26, completing the term of Harrison Gray Otis, March 3, 1821, and was elected for a full term, but again resigned in 1826, when he was .succeeded by Nathaniel Silsbee. In the senate he served as chairman of the committees on commerce and naval affairs. In 1825, when Lafayette laid the corner stone of Bunker Hill monument, Sena- tor Lloyd entertained the distinguished guest at his home on Somerset street. Boston. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received the honorary degree of


LL.D. fron\ Harvard in 1826. He was married to Hannah, daughter of Samuel Breck of Philadel- phia, Pa., and after 1826 resided in that city. He died in New York city, April 5, 1831.

LLOYD, James Tilghman, representative, was born in Canton, Mo., Aug. 28, 1857 ; son of Jere- miah and Frances (Jones) Lloyd ; grandson of Zachariah Lloyd and a descendant of Colonel Thomas Lloyd, who came to America with Wil- liam Penn. He was graduated from Christian university in 1878, taught school, 1875-81, was admitted to the bar in 1882 and practised in Lewis county, Mo., 1883-85. He removed to Shelby- ville, Mo., in 1885 ; was prosecuting attorney of Shelby county, 1889-83, and was a Democratic representative from the first district of Missouri in 1897-1905.

LLOYD, John Uri, author, was born in West Bloomfield, N.Y., April 19, 1849; son of Nelson Marvin and Sophia (Webster) Lloyd ; grandson of John Lloyd and of Uri Webster ; and a descend- ant of Governor John Webster, an original settler of Hartford (1590-16- 61); of Gov. Will- iam Leete, president of the United Colo- nies of New England (1613-1683); of Capt. Josiah Gates of Con- necticut (1725-1807); of Samuel Ashley of New Hampshire (1720-1792); and of James Coe of Massa- chusetts (1740-1794). John Uri Lloyd re- moved with his par- ents to Kentucky and was educated in pri- vate schools. He became a practical pharmacist and cliemist and was made manager of the labo- ratory of H. M. Merrell & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1871, and was received into the firm in 1877. In 1878 he was made professor of chemistry in the Eclectic Medical Institute in that city. He also served as professor of pharmacy in the Cincinnati Institute of Pharmacy, 1882-87 ; was elected pres- ident of the board of trustees of the Eclectic Medical Institute, and in 1887 of the American Pharmaceutical association. His name with four other Americans received place in " Reber's Biography of Eminent Pharmacists of the World" (Geneva). He received the degree of Ph.M. from the Philadelphia College of Phar- macy, and that of Ph.D. from Ohio university, in 1897. He is the author of : Chemistry of Med- icines (1881) ; Drugs and Medicine in North Amer- ica (1884-85); A Study in Pharmacy {I89i), and collaborated with Dr. John King in the prepara-


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