Jean Lloyd-Jones | |
State Senate: | Iowa |
District: | 23rd |
Term Start: | January 12, 1987 |
Term End: | January 8, 1995 |
Predecessor: | Arthur A. Small |
Successor: | Mary Neuhauser |
State House1: | Iowa |
District1: | 46th |
Term Start1: | January 10, 1983 |
Term End1: | January 11, 1987 |
Predecessor1: | Rod N. Halvorson |
Successor1: | Mary Neuhauser |
State House2: | Iowa |
District2: | 73rd |
Term Start2: | January 8, 1979 |
Term End2: | January 10, 1983 |
Predecessor2: | Arthur A. Small |
Successor2: | Ralph Rosenberg |
Birth Date: | 14 October 1929 |
Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Richard Lloyd-Jones |
Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones (born October 14, 1929) is an American activist and politician.
Born in Washington, D.C., Lloyd-Jones went to the University of New Mexico. She received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and her master's degree from University of Iowa. She was involved with the Iowa Peace Institute and the Iowa League of Women Voters. Lloyd-Jones served as a Democrat, from Iowa City, Iowa, in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987 and then in the Iowa Senate from 1987 to 1995.[1] [2]
Lloyd-Jones ran for U.S. Senate in 1992 during the "Year of the Woman," but lost to incumbent Chuck Grassley.