Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Sr. (June 11, 1890-April 12, 1964) was Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

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 from 1949 to 1953.

Taylor was born in Winton, North Carolina

Winton, North Carolina

Winton is a town in Hertford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 956 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hertford County.-Geography:Winton is located at ....

 and attended Wake Forest College. Taylor served as a second lieutenant in the 371st Infantry during World War I

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 and received the Silver Star

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 and Purple Heart

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 as well as a personal citation from General John Joseph Pershing.

For many years Taylor practiced law in Wadesboro, North Carolina

Wadesboro, North Carolina

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, for a time in partnership with Congressman A. Paul Kitchin. A Democrat, Taylor served as mayor of Wadesboro, as chairman of the Anson County Democratic Executive Committee, as a member of the North Carolina Senate

North Carolina Senate

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 (sessions of 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1943), and as legislative assistant to Governor Robert Gregg Cherry (1945).

He served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 and Meredith College

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.

In 1923 Taylor married Inez Wooten of Chadbourn. They had three children: Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr.

Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr.

Hoyt Patrick "Pat" Taylor, Jr. is a North Carolina politician and attorney who served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina....

, Caroline Corbett Taylor, and Frank Wooten Taylor. Hoyt Patrick "Pat" Taylor, Jr. was also elected Lt. Governor, twenty years after his father.