James M. Lloyd

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James M. Lloyd was a United States Republican politician from South Dakota.

A native of Yankton, South Dakota, he served as a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention and 1944 Republican National Convention.^[1]

He is best known for winning without an opposition 1960 South Dakota Presidential primary. He didn't run in any other state. Lloyd, alongside that year nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon and Governor of West Virginia Cecil H. Underwood (who also ran only in his home state), were the only candidates to win primaries in 1960.

Electoral history

1960 South Dakota Republican presidential primary:^[2]

James M. Lloyd - 48,461 (100.00%)

1960 Republican presidential primaries:^[3]

Richard Nixon - 4,975,938 (86.63%)
Unpledged delegates - 314,234 (5.47%)
George H. Bender - 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

Our Campaigns profile

United States presidential election, 1960

Democratic Party

Convention
Primaries

Nominee: John F. Kennedy

VP nominee: Lyndon B. Johnson

Candidates: Ross Barnett; Pat Brown; Michael DiSalle; Paul C. Fisher; Hubert Humphrey; Lyndon B. Johnson; George H. McLain; Robert B. Meyner; Wayne Morse; Albert S. Porter; Adlai Stevenson; George Smathers; Stuart Symington

Republican Party

Convention
Primaries

Nominee: Richard Nixon

VP nominee: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Candidiates: Barry Goldwater; Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.; James M. Lloyd; Nelson Rockefeller

Third party and independent candidates

American Vegetarian Party	Nominee Symon Gould

National States' Rights Party	Nominee Orval Faubus VP nominee J. B. Stoner

Prohibition Party	Nominee Rutherford Decker VP nominee E. Harold Munn

Socialist Labor Party	Nominee Eric Hass VP nominee Georgia Cozzini

Socialist Workers Party	Nominee Farrell Dobbs VP nominee Myra Tanner Weiss

Independents and other candidates	Harry F. Byrd Merritt B. Curtis Lar Daly George Lincoln Rockwell Charles L. Sullivan

Other 1960 elections: House
Senate

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