[1] Floyd taught school at Springdale, Arkansas, in 1880 and 1881, and studied law.

He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891, and was prosecuting attorney of the fourteenth judicial circuit from 1890 to 1894.

[3] He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1912 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Robert W. Archbald, judge of the United States Commerce Court.

Not a candidate for renomination in 1914, he resumed the practice of law in Yellville, Arkansas.

Floyd died in Yellville, Arkansas, on November 4, 1930 (age 72 years, 204 days).