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LLOYD, James (1769-1831)

Adamsite of Massachusetts

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1807-1813, 1821-1827

Total roll-call votes cast: 689

Biography

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.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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