"NC Congressman" Roy A. Taylor Hand Signed FDC Dated 1963 JG Autographs COA

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"North Carolina Congressman" Roy A. Taylor Hand Signed
First Day Cover
Dated 1963.
This item is authenticated by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
ES-8231E
Roy Arthur Taylor
(January 31, 1910 – November 28, 1995) was a
U.S. Representative
from
North Carolina
. Born in
Vader, Washington
, Taylor graduated from Asheville-Biltmore College,
Asheville, North Carolina
, 1929. He graduated from Maryville College,
Maryville, Tennessee
, 1931. J.D.,
Asheville University Law School
,
Asheville, North Carolina
, 1936. He was a lawyer in private practice. He was in the
United States Navy
from 1943 to 1946. He served as member of the North Carolina general assembly from 1947 to 1949 and 1951 to 1953. Taylor was elected as a
Democrat
to the Eighty-sixth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
United States Representative
David M. Hall. He was reelected to eight succeeding Congresses and served from June 25, 1960 to January 3, 1977. He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976. In 1986, he received an
honorary
Doctor of Law
from the
University of North Carolina at Asheville
He died on November 28, 1995 in
Black Mountain, North Carolina
, and was interred in Mountain View Memorial Gardens in the same town.