Claude A. Taylor (1902–1966) was an American politician and jurist who served as chief justice on the

South Carolina Supreme Court The Supreme Court of South Carolina is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a chief justice and four associate justices.

. He was born in 1902 in Gilbert, South Carolina. He spent ten years serving in the General Assembly of South Carolina including as the House of Representatives' Speaker between 1935 and 1936. In 1944, Taylor gained election to the South Carolina Supreme Court and became its chief justice in 1961. Taylor began the practice of opening sessions of the court with a prayer. He died on January 21, 1966.

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Justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court Chief justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court 1902 births 1966 deaths 20th-century South Carolina state court judges {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub