Claude A. Taylor
Claude A. Taylor was a chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court. He was born in 1902 in Gilbert, South Carolina. For ten years, he served ten years in the General Assembly of South Carolina including as its Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1935 to 1936. He was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1944 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, and is buried at the Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Spartanburg, South Carolina.[2]
Claude Ambrose Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of South Carolina | |
| In office 1961 – January 21, 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Taylor Hudnall Stukes |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Rodney Moss |
| Associate Justice of South Carolina | |
| In office January 1944 – 1961 | |
| Preceded by | David Gordon Baker |
| Succeeded by | James Woodrow Lewis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 24, 1902 Gilbert, South Carolina |
| Died | January 21, 1966 (aged 63) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Young Cooper |
| Alma mater | University of South Carolina (LL.B., 1926) |
References
- "Memory Hold the Door". University of South Carolina. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- "Claude Ambrose Taylor, Sr (1902-1966)". Find a Grave. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
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