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J. Will Taylor

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James Willis Taylor
Former U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District
From: March 4, 1919 – November 14, 1939
Predecessor Richard W. Austin
Successor John Jennings, Jr.
Information
Party Republican
Religion Methodist[1]

James Willis Taylor (August 28, 1880 – November 14, 1939), known as J. Will Taylor, was an eastern Tennessee Republican from Union County 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

Like his GOP colleague B. Carroll Reece from the 1st congressional district, Taylor was largely pro-civil rights and supportive of anti-lynching legislation, voting for the Dyer bill in 1922[2] following the St. Louis race riots as well as the 1937 Gavagan-Wagner bill.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, J.. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ TO PASS H. R. 13.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  3. ↑ TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

External links

  • Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  • Profile at Find a Grave