Lloyd Whitfield Bailey was a physician and ophthalmologist from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, who achieved notoriety as a faithless elector during the 1968 U.S. presidential election. On December 16, 1968, he became a faithless elector in the history of the United States Electoral College. Because Bailey did not vote for Nixon, the candidate received 301 electoral votes instead of the expected 302 electoral votes. However, Bailey's vote did not affect the outcome of the election, and Nixon was elected.