John C. Taylor

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John C. Taylor
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Anderson County
In office
January 13, 1959 – January 8, 1963
Preceded byJames Byrum Lawson
Succeeded byJames Byrum Lawson
In office
January 9, 1951 – January 11, 1954
Preceded byJames Burriss Pruitt
Succeeded byJames 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 byFrederick H. Dominick
Succeeded byButler B. Hare
Personal details
BornMarch 2, 1890
Honea Path, South Carolina
DiedMarch 25, 1983(1983-03-25) (aged 93)
Anderson, South Carolina
Resting placeHonea Path, South Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of South Carolina
Military service
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Battles/warsWorld 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.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 3rd congressional district

1933–1939
Succeeded by
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