Gene Taylor (Missouri)

"This article is about the former Missouri Representative. For the Mississippi Representative see Gene Taylor, for the blues-rock pianist see Gene Taylor (musician)."

Gene Taylor (February 10, 1928 - October 27, 1998) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Missouri.

He was born near Sarcoxie, Missouri, where Taylor attended local public schools.He attended Southwest Missouri State College, Springfield from 1945 to 1947 then served in the One Hundred and Eighth Cavalry, Missouri National Guard from 1948 to 1949.

From 1954 to 1960, he served as mayor, Sarcoxie, Missouri while starting his automobile dealership which he ran until 1973. He served as a delegate to Republican National Conventions between 1960 to 1968 and as a delegate to Missouri State Republican conventions in 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972. He was also a Republican National committeeman from 1966 to 1972.

Taylor was first elected to congress on January 3, 1973 and was subsequently re-elected to the seven succeeding congresses but was not a candidate for renomination in 1988 to the One Hundred First Congress. He died on October 27, 1998, in Springfield, Missouri.

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