House  1891-92  (District 19);  Senate  1895-98  (District 19)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Le Sueur
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            9/29/1856
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Sharon Township, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Le Sueur
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1938
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Methodist
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Ottawa
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Le Sueur County Public Schools; Elementary School; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Ottawa, Minnesota (Continuously Elected to One or Another Town Office Since He was 21 Years Old); 
                         
                         187? to 18??
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Ottawa, Minnesota (Town Supervisor); 
                         
                         1877 to 18??
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Legislative Staff: 
                                            Minnesota House of Representatives (Manager and Private Secretary to Speaker of the House, Representative H.H. Flowers); 
                         
                         1915 to 1916
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Mary Jones (married in May 1883)
                                    Children: 
                                    Six children:  Thomas J., William E., Evan J., David, Morgan M., and John Ralph
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was of Welsch ancestry.
He was born on a farm.
"He is a life-long Republican..." (Gresham, William G. "Hon. Job W. Lloyd."  History of Nicollet and Le Sueur Counties, Minnesota, Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen, 1916, p. 309)
Religion provided by  History of Nicollet and Le Sueur Counties, Minnesota, 1916.