James M. Lloyd (January 4, 1886 – March 10, 1969) was an American politician from

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who served as a delegate to multiple Republican national conventions.

Life

He served as a delegate to the

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s. From 1959 to 1963 he served as a state Senator and in 1960 he was appointed by Governor Ralph Herseth as a member of the Dakota Centennial Commission. He is best known for winning, without any opposition, the 1960 South Dakota presidential primary and did not run in any other state. Lloyd, alongside that year's Republican nominee,

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Cecil H. Underwood (who also ran only in his home state), were the only candidates to win primaries in 1960. In March 1969, he died in hospital in Yankton, South Dakota at the age of 83. He had suffered a stroke two weeks earlier.

Electoral history

1960 South Dakota Republican presidential primary: * James M. Lloyd - 48,461 (100.00%)

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- 4,975,938 (86.63%) * Unpledged delegates - 314,234 (5.47%) *

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- 211,090 (3.68%) * Cecil H. Underwood - 123,756 (2.16%) * James M. Lloyd - 48,461 (0.84%) * Nelson Rockefeller - 30,639 (0.53%) * Frank R. Beckwith - 30,639 (0.53%)

References

1886 births 1969 deaths 20th-century American politicians Candidates in the 1960 United States presidential election People from Yankton, South Dakota South Dakota Republicans {{SouthDakota-politician-stub