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Claude A. Taylor

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Claude Ambrose Taylor
Chief Justice of South Carolina
In office
1961 – January 21, 1966
Preceded byTaylor Hudnall Stukes
Succeeded byJoseph Rodney Moss
Associate Justice of South Carolina
In office
January 1944 – 1961
Preceded byDavid Gordon Baker
Succeeded byJames Woodrow Lewis
50th Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1935–1936
Preceded byJames Gibson
Succeeded bySolomon Blatt Sr.
Personal details
BornAugust 24, 1902
Gilbert, South Carolina, US
DiedJanuary 21, 1966 (1966-01-22) (aged 63)
SpouseMary Young Cooper
Alma materUniversity of South Carolina (LL.B., 1926)

Claude A. Taylor (1902–1966) was an American politician and jurist who served as chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court. 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.[1] He died on January 21, 1966.

References

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  1. ^ "Memory Hold the Door". University of South Carolina. Retrieved November 24, 2014.