Sherman Parkinson Lloyd (January 11, 1914 – December 15, 1979) was a

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from

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Early life and education

Lloyd was born in St. Anthony,

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, Lloyd's father was a counselor in the

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at the time. Three of his grandparents were

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immigrants. Lloyd attended St. Anthony and Rexburg public schools. Lloyd was a member of

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. Lloyd received his B.S. from

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in 1935 and then studied law at

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from which he received his LL.B. in 1939.

Career

As a law student, Lloyd worked as an employee of the

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. He was

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in 1939 and began practice of law in

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. He served as general counsel for Utah Retail Grocers Association from 1940 to 1962. He served as a member of the

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from 1954 to 1962, 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, and 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 then served as director of Beehive State Bank from 1960 to 1966. He served as a delegate to the 1960, 1962, 1964, and 1966 Republican state conventions. He also served as a delegate to the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 1960. Lloyd was elected as a

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to the Eighty-eighth Congress on November 6, 1962, defeating fellow State Senator

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/ref> Lloyd served in Congress from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1965. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1964, choosing to launch an unsuccessful bid for

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. He then returned to Utah to become vice president of Prudential Federal Savings, where he managed public relations. Lloyd was also a lecturer at the

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. Lloyd was elected to the Ninetieth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1972. He was later appointed assistant director of the

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in 1973. He again returned to Utah to teach at

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

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in 1974. He was an unsuccessful candidate

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United States Senate election in Utah. After his primary defeat, he became an editor and publisher.

Personal life

Lloyd resided in Salt Lake City, where he died, December 15, 1979. He was interred in

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References

*Lloyd, Sherman P.
Sherman P. Lloyd Papers
MSS 8537; 20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Sherman Parkinson 1914 births 1979 deaths 20th-century American politicians Latter Day Saints from Idaho Latter Day Saints from Utah American people of English descent Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery George Washington University Law School alumni People from St. Anthony, Idaho Politicians from Salt Lake City University of Utah faculty Utah lawyers Republican Party Utah state senators Utah State University alumni Utah State University faculty Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Utah