Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Charles Walter Taylor

Full Name: Charles Walter Taylor
Birth date: February 20, 1870
Death date: February 18, 1951

Terms of Service

Senate, 33rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/14/1913 - 1/12/1915
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 10/3/1914, 3rd C.S., due to the vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor and the absence of the President Pro Tem.

(1) "Votes for C.W. Taylor: Rogers Editor Carries All Four Counties Composing Twenty-Seventh," 11/8/1912, p. 4. Special election returns for Senate District 27. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Charles W. Taylor, in special election 11/5/1912, succeeded Earle B. Mayfield, resigned 9/25/1912. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 33rd Legislature - List of Senators elected on November 5, 1912, oath of office administered, 1/14/1913, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

C.W. Rogers, editor of the Rogers News, home in Rogers, Bell County. Testimony taken before the Senate Investigating Committee, to investigate the Prohibition amendment election held 7/22/1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, Volume II, 8/10/1911, pp. 123-125. House Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. C.W. Taylor, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Death notice, Charles W. Taylor, 2/19/1951, p. 3. "Charles W. Taylor, 80, retired newspaper editor of Rogers, died in a local hospital Sunday." Austin American .
Census of 1900 - Chas. W. Taylor, Bell County, age 30, born February 1870 in Kansas, journalist, spouse Effie.
Census of 1910 - Charles W. Taylor, Bell County, age 40, born circa 1870 in Kansas, editor/proprietor, news office, spouse Effie.
Charles Walter Taylor in birth records of sons James Taylor (1/5/1901) and Rogers Raymon Taylor (9/7/1903). FamilySearch . 1910 1900

Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981

Charles W. Taylor, editor newspaper, birth date 2/20/1870 in Kansas, death date 2/18/1951 in Austin, Texas; removal to Rogers, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Charles W. Taylor (1870-1951), burial in Rogers Cemetery, Rogers, Bell County, with spouse Effie Taylor. Find a Grave .
33rd Legislature (1913) - C.W. Taylor, postoffice Rogers, Bell County, nativity Kansas, editor, Democrat, age 43 (born circa 1870), 32 years in Texas. Texas Legislative Manual .