George Lloyd Spencer was a Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

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G. Lloyd Spencer was born in Sarcoxie

Sarcoxie, Missouri

Sarcoxie is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,330 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

, Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 on March 27, 1893. Spencer moved to Okolona, Arkansas

Okolona, Arkansas

Okolona is a town in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 160 at the 2000 census.The Battle of Elkin's Ferry of the Civil War occurred here between April 3–4, 1864, as a part of the Camden Expedition. Union forces, led by Maj. Gen. Fred Steele, sought to ford the Little...

 in 1902. Spencer attended public schools including the Peddie School

Peddie School

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 at Hightstown, New Jersey

Hightstown, New Jersey

Hightstown is a Borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,494.Hightstown was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 5, 1853, within portions of East Windsor Township. The borough became...

. He attended Henderson College

Henderson State University

Henderson State University, founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College, is a four-year public liberal arts university located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, United States. It is Arkansas's only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges...

 at Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Arkadelphia is a city in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 10,548. The city is the county seat of Clark County. The city is situated at the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. Two universities, Henderson State...

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During World War I

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 Spencer served in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 as a Seaman, Second Class. From 1931 to 1943 he served as a lieutenant commander

Lieutenant Commander

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 in the United States Naval Reserve. He moved to Hope, Arkansas

Hope, Arkansas

Hope is a small city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2008 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 10,378...

 in 1921 and established a career in banking and farming.

Spencer was appointed to the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 on April 1, 1941 to finish the unexpired term of Senator John E. Miller

John E. Miller

John Elvis Miller was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 until 1937, and in the United States Senate from 1937 until 1941....

. He served until January 3, 1943 and did not stand for re-election, preferring instead to return to the Navy for World War II

World War II

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 service.

He served as director of the Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company at Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....

 and commissioner of the Southwest Arkansas Water District. He served as the Arkansas executive vice president of the Red River Valley Association as well. Spencer also served as the chairman of board and president of First National Bank of Hope, Arkansas.

George Lloyd Spencer died at Hope, Arkansas on January 14, 1981 and is buried in Rosehill Gardens in Hope.

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