Lloyal Randolph was an American politician

Politics of the United States

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 who represented the 4th, then 40th legislative districts in the Maryland House of Delegates

Maryland House of Delegates

The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...

. Randolph was the second person to serve as chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland

Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland

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Background

Randolph was born in Keyser, West Virginia

Keyser, West Virginia

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 on April 6, 1904. He attended Baltimore City public schools. He was at one point in his career, the Chief Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Elections in Baltimore and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Metro Democratic Organization. Former member and Past Exalted Ruler, Monumental Elks Lodge No. 3., Former Grand
Trustee of Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World National Grand Commissioner of Transportation of Elks Grand Lodge. Treasurer, Mondawmin Neighborhood Club.

In the legislature

Randolph was appointed to the Maryland House of Delegates on January 5,
1968 after Delegate Victorine Q. Adams resigned her 4th legislative district seat. In 1974, the first election after redistricting, he won re-election, but to a new district, the 40th.
Chairman, Democratic National Committee for Maryland Minorities Divi-
sion for Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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's fourth term, Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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 and Adlai E. Stevenson campaigns.
Randolph also served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention

Democratic National Convention

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 and as the statewide vice chairman for the J. Millard Tawes

J. Millard Tawes

John Millard Tawes , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 54th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1959 to 1967. He remains the only Marylander to be elected to the three positions of State Treasurer, Comptroller, and Governor.-Early life and family:Tawes was born to...

campaign for governor.

In 1981, after leaving the legislature, Randolph was appointed to the Maryland State Commission to Study the Regulatory Structure of the Banking, Savings and Loan and Small Loan Industires.