Lloyd Stephens BRYCE, Congress, NY (1851-1917)

BRYCE, Lloyd Stephens, a Representative from New York; born in Flushing, Queens County, N.Y., September 4, 1851; attended the public schools and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; was graduated from Oxford University, England, in 1869; studied law at Columbia Law School, New York City; paymaster general for the State of New York in 1886 and 1887; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress; editor of the North American Review 1889-1896; appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands August 12, 1911, and served to September 10, 1913; died in Flushing, N.Y., April 2, 1917; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present