Chester W. Taylor
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Chester William Taylor (July 16, 1883 - July 17, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, son of Samuel Mitchell Taylor.
Born in Verona, Mississippi, Taylor moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with his parents. He attended the public schools in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He studied law at [[Georgetown University Law School, Washington]], D.C.. Deputy State auditor 1908-1910. Deputy secretary of state, 1911. Deputy State treasurer from 1911 to 1912. Secretary to his father from 1913 to 1921.
Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, United States Representative Samuel M. Taylor, (October 25, 1921-March 3, 1923). He was not a candidate for renomination to the Sixty-eighth Congress in 1922. He engaged in the general insurance business at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and later as an official in the State department of conservation at Little Rock, Arkansas. He died on July 17, 1931, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was interred in Bellewood Cemetery.
