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]
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
Hendrick died in the capital city of Baton Rouge at the age of forty-two.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Lloyd Leroy Hendrick". Findagrave.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
- ^ "Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2011" (PDF). legis.state.la.us. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ^ Advertisement, Minden Herald, July 30, 1948, p. 6
- ^ "Mary Harp Hendrick". obitcentral.com. May 2000. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ 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.