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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IdahoGlen Hearst TAYLOR
(1904-1984)
Senate Years of Service:
1945-1951Party: DemocratTAYLOR, Glen Hearst, a
Senator from Idaho; born in Portland, Oreg., April 12, 1904; moved
to a homestead near Kooskia, Idaho, as a child; attended the public
schools of Idaho; joined a dramatic stock company in 1919; owner
and manager of various entertainment enterprises 1926-1944;
country-western singer; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for
election to the United States Senate in 1940 and 1942; elected as a
Democrat to the United States Senate in 1944 and served from
January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1951; unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1950; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of
the United States on the Progressive Party ticket in 1948;
unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the United States
Senate in 1954 and for the nomination in 1956; president of Coryell
Construction Co. 1950-1952, and of Taylor Topper, Inc.; died in
Millbrae, Calif., April 28, 1984; interment in Skylawn Cemetery
(now Skylawn Memorial Park), San Mateo, Calif.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Scribner Encyclopedia of
American Lives; Peterson, Frank Ross. Prophet Without Honor:
Glen Taylor and the Fight for American Liberalism. Lexington:
University Press of Kentucky, 1974; Taylor, Glen Hearst. The Way
It Was With Me. Secaucus, N.J.: L. Stuart, 1979.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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