- Roy A. Taylor
Roy Arthur Taylor (
January 31 ,1910 -February 28 ,1995 ) was a U.S. Representative fromNorth Carolina .Born in
Vader, Washington , Taylor graduated from Asheville-Biltmore College,Asheville, North Carolina , 1929.He graduated from Maryville College,Maryville, Tennessee , 1931. J.D.,Asheville University Law School,Asheville, North Carolina , 1936.He was a lawyer in private practice.He was in theUnited States Navy from 1943 to 1946.He served as member of the North Carolina general assembly from 1947 to 1949 and 1951-1953.Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
United States Representative David M. Hall . He was reelected to eight succeeding Congresses and served from (June 25 ,1960 toJanuary 3 ,1977 . He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976.He died on
February 28 ,1995 , inBlack Mountain, North Carolina , and was interred in Mountain View Memorial Gardens in the same town.External links
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