Henry Lloyd Finch

Henry Lloyd Finch was born on March 10, 1883, in Polkville, Mississippi.^[1][2] He was the son of Christopher Finch and Mary Elizabeth (Evans) Finch.^[1]

Finch was educated in the Mississippi Conference Training School.^[1] For four years, he taught in the public schools of Jasper County, Mississippi.^[1] He graduated from the Law Department of Millsaps College in 1907 with a L. L. B. degree.^[1]

He began practicing law the same year in Paulding, Mississippi.^[1] He moved to Heidelberg, Mississippi, in 1912 and continued practicing law there.^[1] In December 1915, he was elected to represent Jasper County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1920.^[1][2] He was re-elected to serve from 1920 to 1924.^[2] He then represented Mississippi's 2nd senatorial district in the Mississippi State Senate from 1944 to 1948.^[2]