Lloyd Leftwich was a state legislator in Alabama during the Reconstruction era. He was a state senator from 1872 to 1876. He was photographed with other members of the state senate in 1872. Leftwich bought a 122-acre farm from his former owner. He and his wife had eight children. They learned to read and write. They donated land for the Lloyd Chapel Baptist Church and Lloyd Eoementary School. He lived in Forkland, Alabama. His eldest child, became a college president, founded a college, and published a newspaper.