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  Taylor, Samuel Tesitor "Sam"
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  1955-01-01  
 
NameSamuel Tesitor "Sam" Taylor
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Walsenberg, Colorado , United States
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Born January 04, 1903
DiedMarch 23, 1977 (74 years)
ContributorBrentinCO
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Jan 06, 2022 12:56pm
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InfoSenate Minority Leader: 1953; 1955-56; 1963-70 Senate Majority Leader: 1957-1960 Senate President Pro Tem: 1961-62 Senate Assistant Minority Leader: 1971-72

Attorney

Along with Casimiro Barela, was longest-serving legislator (40 years)

Former state senator. He worked in the mines before taking the senate seat for the first time in 1934.

He had been in a nursing home in Trinidad when he died.

He was born in Hastings, Colorado, in Las Animas County, the youngest of 11 children.

Husband Of Nina, Father of Sam Jr.

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  01/03/1973 CO Senate 26 - Holdover Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
  11/03/1970 CO Senate 32 Won 59.41% (+18.81%)
  11/08/1966 CO Senate 17 Won 63.23% (+26.45%)
  01/06/1965 CO Senate 32 - Holdover Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/02/1963 CO Senate Minority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1962 CO Senate 14 Won 69.50% (+39.00%)
  01/04/1961 CO Senate President Pro Tem Won 97.14% (+94.29%)
  11/04/1958 CO Senate 14 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1956 CO Lieutenant Governor Lost 49.84% (-0.31%)
  09/11/1956 CO Lieutenant Governor - D Primary Won 52.53% (+5.06%)
  11/02/1954 CO Senate 14 Won 64.93% (+29.86%)
  11/07/1950 CO Senate 14 Won 64.76% (+29.52%)
  11/05/1946 CO Senate 14 Won 56.87% (+13.74%)
  11/03/1942 CO Senate 14 Won 58.08% (+16.16%)
  11/08/1938 CO Senate 14 Won 58.00% (+21.11%)
  11/06/1934 CO Senate 14 Won 63.02% (+26.05%)
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