Roy Arthur Taylor (January 31, 1910 – November 28, 1995) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Taylor graduated from Asheville-Biltmore College,

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, 1929. He graduated from Maryville College,

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, 1931. J.D., Asheville University Law School,

, 1936. He was a lawyer in private practice. He was in the

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from 1943 to 1946. He served as member of the

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during the General Assembly's 1947, 1949, 1951, and 1953 regular sessions. Taylor was elected as a

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to the Eighty-sixth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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David M. Hall. He was reelected to eight succeeding Congresses and served from June 25, 1960, to January 3, 1977. He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976. In 1986, he received an honorary

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from the

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He died on November 28, 1995, in

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, and was interred in Mountain View Memorial Gardens in the same town.

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1910 births 1995 deaths Maryville College alumni University of North Carolina at Asheville alumni United States Navy personnel of World War II People from Lewis County, Washington Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub