| Scope and content |
Personal files of Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr., including correspondence, campaign material, legislative files, photographs, and miscellaneous material. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr., Papers (#393), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Honorable H. Patrick Taylor, Jr. |
| Biographical note | Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr., a native of Wadesboro, N.C., is a North Carolina attorney and politician. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1955-1966 and was elected Speaker of the House during his last term. Taylor served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1969-1973 and ran unsuccessfully against Skipper Bowles for the Democratic nomination in the 1972 gubernatorial race. Taylor and his father, Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Sr., are the only father-son pair to have both served as lieutenant governor of North Carolina. |
