Donald S. Taylor
Deceased Person
1898 – 1970
Who was Donald S. Taylor?
Donald S. Taylor served as a judge of the New York Supreme Court and Appellate Division for 20 years, and came from a family with a long history of public service to New York State.
Taylor was born on June 17, 1898, in Troy, NY, and attended Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., where he was a member of Theta Chi, and Albany Law School of Union University, Schenectady, N.Y.,.
Taylor began practicing law with his father, John P. Taylor, a former District Attorney of Rensselaer County. Taylor and his father and brother, later U.S. Congressman, Dean P. Taylor, formed the law firm of Taylor & Taylor, later Wager, Taylor, Howd & LeForestier in Troy, New York. After Taylor's withdrawal from active practice the firm continued with his son John P. Taylor as Wager, Taylor, Howd & Brearton.
Taylor was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1948. On March 1, 1961, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller appointed Taylor to the, and he was reelected in 1962 and served until retirement in 1968. He died on June 23, 1970, and is interred with his brother in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1898
Troy - Also known as
- Donald Taylor
- Parents
- Education
- Colgate University
- Died
- Jun 23, 1970
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on July 23, 2013
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