J. Will Taylor

J. Will Taylor

James Willis "Will" Taylor (born August 28, 1880 in Lead Mine Bend , Union County , Tennessee , †  November 14, 1939 in La Follette , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1939 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Will Taylor attended his home public schools and Holbrook Normal College in Fountain City . He then studied at the American Temperance University in Harriman . After this course, Taylor worked as a teacher for several years. After studying law at Cumberland University in Lebanon and being admitted to the bar in 1902, he began working in his new profession in La Follette. Politically, Taylor was a member of the Republican Party . From 1904 to 1906 he worked as a postman in La Follette. Between 1910 and 1913 and again from 1918 to 1919 he was mayor of this city. In 1913 and 1914, he was the Tennessee Insurance Commissioner. In his party he was state chairman in 1917 and 1918.

In the 1918 congressional election , Taylor was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Richard W. Austin on March 4, 1919 . After ten re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on November 14, 1939 . From 1923 to 1927 he was chairman of the Foreign Ministry's expenditure control committee . During his time as Congressman, the 18th , 19th , 20th and 21st amendments were passed there. From 1933 to 1939, most of the New Deal laws of the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt were passed in Congress, but Taylor's party was rather hostile to them.

After Taylor's death, his party colleague John Jennings was elected as his successor in the by-election.

Web links

• J. Will Taylor in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• J. Will Taylor in the database of Find a Grave (English)