Career
A native of Yankton, South Dakota, he served as a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention and 1944 Republican National Convention. He is best known for winning, without any opposition, the 1960 South Dakota Presidential primary. He did not run in any other state.
1960 South Dakota Republican presidential primary: Lloyd - 48,461 (10000%) 1960 Republican presidential primaries: Richard Nixon - 4,975,938 (8663%) Unpledged delegates - 314,234 (547%) George H. Bender - 211,090 (368%) Cecil H. Underwood - 123,756 (216%) Lloyd - 48,461 (084%) Nelson Rockefeller - 30,639 (053%) Frank R. Beckwith - 30,639 (053%).