Roy A. Taylor

Roy A. Taylor (1973)

Roy Arthur Taylor (born January 31, 1910 in Vader , Lewis County , Washington , †  November 28, 1995 in Black Mountain , North Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1960 and 1977 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Roy Taylor attended Asheville-Biltmore College in North Carolina until 1929 and then Maryville College in Tennessee until 1931 . After a subsequent law degree at Asheville University and his admission to the bar, he began to work in this profession from 1936. Taylor served in the United States Navy during World War II . After the war he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1947 and 1949 and again from 1951 to 1953 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina .

After the death of MP David McKee Hall , Taylor was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election for the twelfth seat of North Carolina , where he took up his new mandate on June 25, 1960. After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1977 . Since 1963 he represented there as the successor of Basil Lee Whitener the eleventh district of his state. His time as a congressman was shaped by the events of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War . In 1974 the Watergate Affair rocked US domestic politics. Between 1961 and 1971, the 23rd , 24th , 25th and 26th amendments were ratified.

In 1976 Roy Taylor renounced another congressional candidacy. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he withdrew from politics. He died on November 28, 1995 in Black Mountain.

Web links

• Roy A. Taylor in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Roy A. Taylor in the database of Find a Grave (English)