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  Taylor, J. Will
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameJ. Will Taylor
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LaFollette, Tennessee , United States
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Born August 28, 1880
DiedNovember 14, 1939 (59 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Jan 01, 2015 03:09pm
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InfoTAYLOR, James Willis, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Lead Mine Bend, Union County, Tenn., August 28, 1880; attended the public schools, Holbrook Normal College, Fountain City, Tenn., and the American Temperance University, Harriman, Tenn.; taught school for several years; was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1902; was admitted to the bar the same year; moved to La Follette, Campbell County, Tenn., and commenced practice; postmaster at La Follette 1904-1909; served as mayor 1910-1913 and in 1918 and 1919; insurance commissioner for the State of Tennessee in 1913 and 1914; chairman of the Republican State executive committee in 1917 and 1918; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, until his death; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses); member of the Republican National Executive Committee 1929-1939; died in La Follette, Tenn., November 14, 1939; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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  11/08/1938 TN - District 02 Won 64.06% (+32.09%)
  11/03/1936 TN - District 02 Won 50.76% (+2.01%)
  11/06/1934 TN - District 02 Won 58.71% (+36.48%)
  11/08/1932 TN - District 02 Won 57.65% (+17.13%)
  11/04/1930 TN - District 02 Won 55.54% (+13.94%)
  11/06/1928 TN - District 02 Won 68.88% (+37.76%)
  11/02/1926 TN - District 02 Won 99.83% (+99.66%)
  11/04/1924 TN - District 02 Won 96.28% (+92.57%)
  06/12/1924 US Vice President - R Convention Lost 1.02% (-24.86%)
  11/07/1922 TN - District 02 Won 64.28% (+28.55%)
  11/02/1920 TN - District 02 Won 74.76% (+50.11%)
  11/05/1918 TN - District 02 Won 73.28% (+47.50%)
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