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Taylor, Robert Love

Born December 20, 1899, in Embreeville, TN
Died July 11, 1987

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Received a recess appointment from Harry S Truman on November 2, 1949, to a seat vacated by George C. Taylor; nominated to the same position by Harry S Truman on January 5, 1950. Confirmed by the Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950. Served as chief judge, 1961-1969. Assumed senior status on January 15, 1985. Service terminated on July 11, 1987, due to death.

Education:
Milligan College, Ph.B., 1922
Read law, 1923
Yale Law School, LL.B., 1924

Professional Career:

Semi-professional baseball player, summers of 1920-1922
Private practice, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1924-1949
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1972-1975

Bibliography

Susano, Charles D., Jr., ed. Remembering United States District Judge Robert L. Taylor: A Collection of Memories. Knoxville, Tenn.: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 2009.

Taylor, Robert L., Jr. "Apprenticeship in the First District: Bob and Alf Taylor's Early Congressional Races." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 28 (1968): 24-41.

Taylor, Robert L., Jr. "Demagoguery, Personality, and the Gospel of Democracy: Family Influence on Centennial Governor Taylor." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 55 (1996): 160-75.

Taylor, Robert L., Jr. "Tennessee's War of the Roses as Symbol and Myth." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 41 (1982): 337-59.

Manuscript Collections

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Knoxville, Tenn.
Robert L. Taylor papers, 1950-1987.
Finding aid; restricted; collection contains personal and professional correspondence, speeches, meeting notes of the Judicial Conference of the United States (1973-1975), and miscellaneous papers.

Oral History

Taylor, Robert Love. "Judge Robert Taylor, The Third Branch Interview." Interview conducted on April 11, 1985, by Alice O'Donnell. Federal Judicial History Office, Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C., 1985. Transcript, 20 pages. Restricted.Taylor, Robert Love. "Recent Tennessee Political History: Interview with Robert Love Taylor." Interview conducted on June 13, 1983, by Charles Wann Crawford. Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee, 1983. Audiotape, 1 hour; transcript, 22 pages.

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