Chester William Taylor (July 16, 1883 – July 17, 1931) was a

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from Arkansas, son of Samuel Mitchell Taylor. Taylor was born in

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, but moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with his parents in 1887. He attended the public schools in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and studied law at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Taylor served one term as Deputy

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from 1908 to 1910. He was appointed Deputy Secretary of State in 1911 and later served as Deputy

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from 1911 to 1912, holding both positions under Governor George Washington Donaghey. Later, Taylor acted as secretary to his father, Congressman

Samuel M. Taylor Samuel Mitchell Taylor (May 25, 1852 – September 13, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of Chester W. Taylor. Born near Fulton, Mississippi, Taylor attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in ...

from 1913 to 1921. Taylor was elected as a

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to the Sixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, serving from October 25, 1921 to March 4, 1923. He was not a candidate for renomination to the Sixty-eighth Congress in 1922. He engaged in the general insurance business at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and later as an official in the State Department of conservation at Little Rock, Arkansas. Taylor died in 1931 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and was interred in Bellewood Cemetery. His son, Chester Jr. , was superintendent of the Pasco County School District in Florida

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Chester William 1883 births 1931 deaths People from Lee County, Mississippi Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas Georgetown University Law Center alumni Politicians from Pine Bluff, Arkansas 20th-century American politicians