Lloyd L. Duxbury Explained

Lloyd L. Duxbury, Jr.
Caption:Representative Lloyd L. Duxbury
Order:44th
Office:Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Term Start:1963
Term End:1971
Predecessor:Edwin J. Chilgren
Successor:A.W. Dirlam
Office2:Minnesota House Minority Leader
Term Start2:1959
Term End2:1963
State House3:Minnesota
State3:Minnesota
District3:1, 1B
Term Start3:1951
Term End3:1971
Birth Date:1 February 1922
Birth Place:Caledonia, Minnesota, U.S.
Death Place:Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma Mater:Phillips Exeter Academy
Harvard College
Harvard University Law School
Party:Republican
Spouse:Rosemary
Children:2
Residence:Caledonia, Minnesota, U.S.
Profession:attorney, legislator

Lloyd L. Duxbury, Jr. (February 1, 1922 – March 23, 2002) was a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing the old Districts 1 and 1B, which included all or portions of Houston and Winona counties in the southeastern part of the state. He was also House Speaker from 1963–1971 and Minority Leader from 1959–1963.[1]

Duxbury was first elected to the House in 1950 at a time when candidates, representatives and leadership positions were officially non-partisan. He allied with the House's Conservative Caucus, and was known to be a Republican. He was re-elected nine times. When the Conservative Caucus gained a majority in 1963, he became Speaker by one vote over Aubrey Dirlam, and held the position until his retirement from the House in 1971, when he was succeeded by Dirlam.[2]

Duxbury was offered the position of United States Attorney for Minnesota by President Richard Nixon in 1969, but declined. After leaving the Legislature, he became a lobbyist for and vice president of Burlington Northern Railroad.[3]

Duxbury died in 2002.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Duxbury, Jr., Lloyd L. "Dux" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present . 2024-02-02 . www.lrl.mn.gov.
  2. Book: Hanson, Royce . Tribune of the People: The Minnesota Legislature and Its Leadership . U of Minnesota Press . 978-1-4529-0815-1 . 83 . en.
  3. http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2002/fall/memoriam_main.html In Memoriam, Harvard Law Bulletin