Lloyd Hendrick

Lloyd Leroy Hendrick (October 30, 1908 – April 25, 1951)[1] was a lawyer in Shreveport, Louisiana, who served from 1940 to 1948 as a member of the Louisiana State Senate from a combined Caddo and DeSoto parish district. His tenure paralleled the administrations of Governors Sam Houston Jones and Jimmie Davis.[2]

Lloyd Leroy Hendrick
Louisiana State Senator for
DeSoto and Caddo parishes
In office
1940–1948
Preceded byTwo-member district:

J. C. Heard

Roscoe C. Cranor
Succeeded byRiemer Calhoun
Charles Emery Tooke, Jr.
Personal details
Born(1908-10-30)October 30, 1908
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA
DiedApril 25, 1951(1951-04-25) (aged 42)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Resting placeForest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport, Louisiana
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseGladys Pitts Hendrick
Parent(s)Dr. Thaddeus Albert and Eva Lena McFerren Hendrick
Residence(s)Shreveport, Louisiana
Alma materBelcher High School
Tulane University Law School
OccupationLawyer
Military service
Battles/warsWorld War II

Hendrick was born in Natchitoches Parish to Dr. Thaddeus Albert Hendrick (1878-1956) and the former Eva Lena McFerren (1882-1925).[1] Hendrick graduated from Belcher High School in Belcher in Caddo Parish and Tulane University Law School in New Orleans.[3]

His stepmother was the former Mary Lillian Harp (1900-2000).[4] Hendrick was married to the former Gladys Pitts (1902-1979).[1]

Political career

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Hendrick died in the capital city of Baton Rouge at the age of forty-two.[1]

References
  1. "Lloyd Leroy Hendrick". Findagrave.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  2. "Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2011" (PDF). legis.state.la.us. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  3. Advertisement, Minden Herald, July 30, 1948, p. 6
  4. "Mary Harp Hendrick". obitcentral.com. May 2000. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  5. Jerry Purvis Sanson (1999). Louisiana During World War II: Politics and Society, 1939-1945. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8071-2308-0. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
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