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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJames Willis TAYLOR
(1880-1939)
TAYLOR, James Willis, a
Representative from Tennessee; born near Lead Mine Bend, Union
County, Tenn., August 28, 1880; attended the public schools,
Holbrook Normal College, Fountain City, Tenn., and the American
Temperance University, Harriman, Tenn.; taught school for several
years; was graduated from the law department of Cumberland
University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1902; was admitted to the bar the
same year; moved to La Follette, Campbell County, Tenn., and
commenced practice; postmaster at La Follette 1904-1909; served as
mayor 1910-1913 and in 1918 and 1919; insurance commissioner for
the State of Tennessee in 1913 and 1914; chairman of the Republican
State executive committee in 1917 and 1918; elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served
from March 4, 1919, until his death; chairman, Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of State (Sixty-eighth and
Sixty-ninth Congresses); member of the Republican National
Executive Committee 1929-1939; died in La Follette, Tenn., November
14, 1939; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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