Alexander Loyd

Alexander Loyd (also Alexander Lloyd) (August 19, 1805 – May 7, 1872) served one term as mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1840 until 1841 for the Democratic Party.

Early life and career Loyd was born in Orange County, New York. He arrived in Chicago in 1833, and opened a shop. Within four years, he was considered a principal contractor, carpenter and builder in Chicago. Loyd was of Welsh descent.

He was elected to the Chicago Board of Trustees in 1835.

Mayoralty Loyd became the 4th Mayor of Chicago in 1840, defeating incumbent Whig Benjamin Wright Raymond.

Lloyd was sworn in as mayor on March 9, 1840.

His mayoralty ended on March 4, 1841, when he was succeeded in office by fellow Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman.

Post-mayoralty He served as a Trustee of the 2nd district of the Chicago Schools in 1842.

He died in 1872, of "rheumatism of the heart" and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery.