Hoyt Patrick Taylor

Hoyt Patrick Taylor
21st Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
In office
January 6, 1949 – January 8, 1953
GovernorW. Kerr Scott
Preceded byLynton Y. Ballentine
Succeeded byLuther H. Hodges
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 19th district
In office
1943–1945
Serving with Coble Funderburk
Preceded byRobert Ray Ingram
Succeeded byRobert E. Little Jr.
In office
1936–1941
Preceded byW. Erskine Smith
Succeeded byCoble Funderburk
Mayor of Wadesboro, North Carolina
In office
1919–1921
Personal details
Born(1890-06-11)June 11, 1890
Winton, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedApril 12, 1964(1964-04-12) (aged 73)
PartyDemocratic
Spouse
Inez Wooten
​
(m. 1923)​
Children3, including Pat
Alma materWake Forest College
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
RankSecond Lieutenant
Commands371st Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War I
Awards

Hoyt Patrick Taylor Sr. (June 11, 1890 – April 12, 1964) was the 21st Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1949 to 1953.

Early life

Taylor was born in Winton, North Carolina on June 11, 1890 to Simeon P. and Kate (née Ward) Taylor.

Education

Taylor attended Winton Academy, Winton High School, Horner Military Academy and Wake Forest College.[1]

Family life

In 1923 Taylor married Inez Wooten of Chadbourn. They had three children: Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr., Caroline Corbett Taylor Craig (married to Tom Craig),[2] and Frank Wooten Taylor. Hoyt Patrick "Pat" Taylor Jr. was also elected lieutenant governor, twenty years after his father.

Military service

Taylor served as a second lieutenant in the 371st Infantry during World War I and received the Silver Star and Purple Heart as well as a personal citation from General John Joseph Pershing.

Business career

For many years Taylor practiced law in Wadesboro, North Carolina, for a time in partnership with Congressman A. Paul Kitchin.

Early political career

A Democrat, Taylor served as mayor of Wadesboro, as chairman of the Anson County Democratic Executive Committee, as a member of the North Carolina Senate from the 19th district (sessions of 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1943), and as legislative assistant to Governor Robert Gregg Cherry (1945).[1]

Taylor served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Meredith College.

End Notes

  1. 1 2 North Carolina Secretary of State (1943), North Carolina Manual, (Volume 1943), Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Secretary of State, p. 427
  2. ↑ https://downingandlahey.com/obits/caroline-taylor-craig/

References

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