Henry Lloyd (February 21, 1852 – December 30, 1920) was the 40th

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in the

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from 1885 to 1888. He was born in 1852 in

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and died in 1920 in

Cambridge, Maryland Cambridge is a city in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 13,096 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Dorchester County and the county's largest municipality. Cambridge is the fourth most populous city in Ma ...

. He was a grandson of Maryland Governor

Edward Lloyd Edward Lloyd may refer to: Politicians *Edward Lloyd (MP for Montgomery), Welsh lawyer and politician *Edward Lloyd (16th-century MP) (died 1547) for Buckingham * Edward Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (1768–1854), British politician * Edward Lloyd (Colo ...

Early life

Henry Lloyd was born in

on February 21, 1852, the son of Daniel Lloyd and Kitty Henry Lloyd. He was descended from

, who had served as Colonial Governor in 1709, and from Edward Lloyd V, the Governor in 1809. He was a descendant on his mother's side of

John Henry John Henry most commonly refers to: *John Henry (folklore) John Henry may also refer to: People Artists and entertainers * John Henry (actor) (1738–1794), Irish and early American actor *Seán Ó hEinirí (1915–1998), known in English as John ...

, the first United States Senator from the Eastern Shore and Governor between 1797 and 1798. He graduated from Cambridge Academy in 1871, then began his career by teaching school. He began the study of law in the office of his uncles

Daniel Maynadier Henry Daniel Maynadier Henry (February 19, 1823 – August 31, 1899) was an American politician. Early life Henry was born near Cambridge, Maryland, and attended Cambridge Academy and St. John's College of Annapolis, Maryland. He studied law, ...

, then Congressman from the Eastern Shore, and Judge Charles P. Goldsborough. He was admitted to the bar in 1873.

Personal life

On October 18, 1886, he married Mary Elizabeth Staplefort, and they had one son.

Career

In 1881, he was elected a member of the

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from Dorchester County, being elected its President in the Legislative Session of 1884. He then became the acting governor on March 27, 1885, when Robert M. McLane resigned to become Minister to France. He continued as such until January 1886, when the Legislature votes 100 of 114 ballots for him to be Governor. He was inaugurated on January 21, 1886, to serve until January 11, 1888. Following his term as governor, Lloyd resumed his law practice in

. He was then elected for the full 15-year term as an Associate Judge of the First Judicial Circuit in 1893.

Death

Lloyd died at his home in Cambridge on December 30, 1920. He is buried at the Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery in Cambridge.

References

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