Lloyd Nelson Hand

Lloyd Nelson Hand
Chief of Protocol of the United States
In office January 21, 1965 – March 21, 1966
President	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Angier Biddle Duke
Succeeded by	James W. Symington
Personal details
Born	Lloyd Nelson Hand

Lloyd Nelson Hand (born in 1929) is an American lawyer and political aide who served as Chief of Protocol of the United States in the 1960s. Prior to that, he was an assistant to then-Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and served as a state coordinator for his presidential campaign.

Career

From 1957 to 1961, Hand served as a staff assistant to Johnson while he served as Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate. When Johnson announced his candidacy for President of the United States, Hand became the campaign's state coordinator in California, but Johnson eventually became John F. Kennedy's running mate. After Kennedy won the election and Johnson became Vice President, Hand became a lawyer and vice president of the Pierce National Life Insurance Company in Los Angeles.

In December 1964, when Angier Biddle Duke announced his resignation as Chief of Protocol of the United States to become U.S. Ambassador to Spain, then-President Johnson named Hand to replace Duke. Duke took office as Chief of Protocol on January 21, 1965. He left the position after 14 months.

As of 2019, he works as Senior Counsel at the law firm King & Spalding. He was also a member of the Council of American Ambassadors and served as co-chair of the council's Ambassadors Roundtable program in 2013.