Hoyt Patrick Taylor

Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Sr. (June 11, 1890-April 12, 1964) was Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1949 to 1953.

Taylor was born in Winton, North Carolina and attended Wake Forest College. Taylor served as a second lieutenant in the 371st Infantry during World War I and received the Silver Star and Purple Heart as well as a personal citation from General John Joseph Pershing.

For many years Taylor practiced law in Wadesboro, North Carolina, for a time in partnership with Congressman A. Paul Kitchin. A Democrat, Taylor served as mayor of Wadesboro, as chairman of the Anson County Democratic Executive Committee, as a member of the North Carolina Senate (sessions of 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1943), and as legislative assistant to Governor Robert Gregg Cherry (1945).

He served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Meredith College.

In 1923 Taylor married Inez Wooten of Chadbourn. They had three children: Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr., Caroline Corbett Taylor, and Frank Wooten Taylor. Hoyt Patrick "Pat" Taylor, Jr. was also elected Lt. Governor, twenty years after his father.

succession box
title=Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
before=Lynton Y. Ballentine
after=Luther H. Hodges
years=1949-1953

References

* [http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0392/ Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Sr., Papers at East Carolina University]
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=71206 OurCampaigns.com]