John C. Taylor

John C. Taylor
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Anderson County
In office January 13, 1959 – January 8, 1963
Preceded by	James Byrum Lawson
Succeeded by	James Byrum Lawson
In office January 9, 1951 – January 11, 1954
Preceded by	James Burriss Pruitt
Succeeded by	James Byrum Lawson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	Frederick H. Dominick
Succeeded by	Butler B. Hare
Personal details
Born	March 2, 1890 Honea Path, South Carolina
Died	March 25, 1983(1983-03-25) (aged 93) Anderson, South Carolina
Resting place	Honea Path, South Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of South Carolina
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Army
Battles/wars	World War I

John Clarence Taylor, (March 2, 1890 – March 25, 1983) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for three terms from 1933 to 1939.

Biography[]

John Clarence was born in Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina on March 2, 1890. He attended the Fruitland Institute, Hendersonville, North Carolina. He was graduated from the law department of the University of South Carolina in Columbia in 1919. During the First World War, he attended the Officers’ Training School at Camp Johnston in Florida and was discharged into the Reserves at the end of the war. He was admitted to the bar in 1919. He was the clerk of court and register of deeds for Anderson County, South Carolina from 1920 until elected to Congress. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress. He resumed his former business pursuits. He served in the South Carolina Senate from 1951 to 1954 and 1959 to 1962. He died in Anderson, South Carolina on March 25, 1983 and was interred in Garden of Memories, Honea Path, South Carolina.

External links[]

• Congressional biography