'''James Willis Taylor''' (August 28, 1880 – November 14, 1939), known as '''J. Will Taylor''', was an eastern [[Tennessee]] Republican who represented the state's 2nd congressional district for two decades in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. He previously was the chair of the GOP state executive committee for two years.
==U.S. House of Representatives==
Taylor was largely pro-[[civil rights]] and supportive of [[anti-lynching legislation]], voting for the Dyer bill in 1922<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-2/h169 TO PASS H. R. 13.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> following the St. Louis race riots as well as the 1937 Gavagan-Wagner bill.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref>
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