Hoyt Patrick Taylor

Hoyt Patrick Taylor
Hoyt Patrick Taylor
21st Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
	In office; January 6, 1949 – January 8, 1953
Governor	W. Kerr Scott
Preceded by	Lynton Y. Ballentine
Succeeded by	Luther H. Hodges
Member of the; North Carolina Senate; Nineteenth District
	In office; 1936–1943
Mayor of; Wadesboro, North Carolina
Personal details
Born	June 11, 1890; Winton, North Carolina
Died	April 12, 1964 (aged 73)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Inez Wooten
Children	Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr., Caroline Corbett Taylor, and Frank Wooten Taylor.
Alma mater	Wake Forest College
Awards	Silver Star, Purple Heart
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Commands	371st Infantry
Battles/wars	World War I

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 (Ward) Taylor.

Education

Taylor attended Winton Academy, Winton High School, Horner Military School 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, and Frank Wooten Taylor. Hoyt Patrick "Pat" Taylor Jr. was also elected Lt. 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 (sessions of 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1943), and as legislative assistant to Governor Robert Gregg Cherry (1945).

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

End Notes

^ ^a ^b North Carolina Secretary of State (1943), North Carolina Manual, (Volume 1943), Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Secretary of State, p. 427

References

Party political offices
Preceded by Lynton Y. Ballentine	Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina 1948	Succeeded by Luther H. Hodges
Political offices
Preceded by Lynton Y. Ballentine	Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina 1949–1953	Succeeded by Luther H. Hodges

[NCManual1943pg427-1] North Carolina Secretary of State (1943), North Carolina Manual, (Volume 1943), Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Secretary of State, p. 427

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v t e Governors and lieutenant governors of North Carolina
Governors	Caswell Nash Burke A. Martin Caswell Johnston A. Martin Spaight Sr. Ashe Davie Williams Turner Alexander Williams Stone Smith Hawkins Miller Branch Franklin Holmes Burton Iredell Owen Stokes Swain Spaight Jr. Dudley Morehead Graham Manly Reid Winslow Bragg Ellis Clark Vance Holden Worth Holden Caldwell Brogden Vance Jarvis Scales Fowle Holt Carr Russell Aycock Glenn Kitchin Craig Bickett Morrison McLean O. M. Gardner Ehringhaus Hoey Broughton Cherry W. K. Scott Umstead Hodges Sanford Moore R. W. Scott Holshouser Hunt J. G. Martin Hunt Easley Perdue McCrory Cooper Stein (elect)
Lieutenant governors	Caldwell Brogden Jarvis Robinson Stedman Holt Doughton Reynolds Turner Winston Newland Daughtridge O. M. Gardner Cooper Long Fountain Graham Horton Harris Ballentine Taylor Sr. Hodges Barnhardt Philpott R. W. Scott Taylor Jr. Hunt Green Jordan J. Gardner Wicker Perdue Dalton Forest Robinson Hunt (elect)

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