Lloyd R. Smith

Lloyd Richard Smith (November 3, 1911 – December 21, 1978) was the Iowa State Auditor from 1967 to 1978.

Early life

Smith was born in 1911 in Forest City, Iowa to Andrew J. Smith and Mary A. Smith. C. W. Ward, and Democrat Lorne R. Worthington. Ward had been fired by Worthington on the same day he announced his ambition to run for the office. He was elected to his first term and inaugurated on January 2, 1967.

In 1968, he ran against Democrat Donald J. Kelly and Prohibition candidate H. J. Buchholz. Smith won 618,400 votes against Kelly's 458,542 votes and Buchholz's 1,376 votes. Smith won 422,622 votes against Linduski's 323,510 votes. Smith won votes 668,158 against Forret's 462,582 votes. Smith won votes 470,751 against Forret's 384,439 votes. Smith won votes 446,604 votes against Brunow's 320,884 votes and Oliver's 2,920 votes. He died just over 6 weeks after his election win.

Personal life

He married Elaine S. Solyst and together had 5 children. They were Baptists. He suffered a heart attack on December 21, 1978, at the home of a friend in Fairfield and died at the age of 67.