John Clarence Taylor, (March 2, 1890 – March 25, 1983) was elected to the

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for

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. He served for three terms from 1933 to 1939.

Biography

John Clarence was born in Honea Path,

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, on March 2, 1890. He attended the Fruitland Institute,

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. He was graduated from the

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of the

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in Columbia in 1919. During the

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, he attended the Officers’ Training School at Camp Johnston in

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and was discharged into the Reserves at the end of the war. He was admitted to the

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in 1919. He was the clerk of court and register of deeds for

, from 1920 until elected to Congress. He was elected as a

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to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress. He resumed his former business pursuits. He served in the

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from 1951 to 1954 and 1959 to 1962. He died in

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, on March 25, 1983, and was interred in Garden of Memories,

Honea Path, South Carolina Honea Path is a town primarily in Anderson County, South Carolina and extending into Abbeville County in the northwest part of the state. The population was 3,686 at the 2020 census. Geography Honea Path is located at (34.447400, -82.393044), a ...

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Congressional biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, John Clarence 1890 births 1983 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina Democratic Party South Carolina state senators People from Honea Path, South Carolina 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly