Hillsman Taylor

Hillsman Taylor
Born(1884-08-04)August 4, 1884
Trenton, Tennessee
DiedNovember 1, 1965(1965-11-01) (aged 81)
Tennessee
Other namesRed
OccupationLawyer
College football career
Vanderbilt Commodores
PositionTackle
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight182 lb (83 kg)
Career history
CollegeVanderbilt (1904–1905)
Career highlights and awards

Matthew Hillsman "Red" Taylor (August 4, 1884 – November 1, 1965) was an attorney and politician, serving as a state representative and Speaker of the House in Tennessee. He played college football at Vanderbilt University. He later became a prominent attorney in St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee.[1] His children included Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Early years

Matthew Hillsman Taylor was born on August 4, 1884, in Trenton, Tennessee to Robert Zachery Taylor and America Clementine "Mettie" Ivey. Matthew was named after a long-time local Baptist pastor, Matthew Hillsman. Robert Taylor had fought for the Confederate Army as a private under Nathan Bedford Forrest. While working as an attorney for the West Tennessee Land Company, he was kidnapped in October 1908 along with Quentin Rankin and shot by Night Riders near Reelfoot Lake. He escaped by swimming across the lake. Rankin was lynched, shot and hanged by the mob.[2]

Vanderbilt University

Taylor was an All-Southern tackle for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University,[3] selected for a 2nd team All-Time Vanderbilt football team in 1912,[4]

He married Katherine Baird Taylor, from eastern Tennessee. Her father, Robert Love Taylor, was a politician who served three times as governor of Tennessee and as US Senator from the state.

Speaker of the Tennessee House

Taylor was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives, serving several terms. He was elected as Speaker of the House in 1909.[1]

Insurance

In 1926 Taylor was elected vice president of the Missouri State Life Insurance Company of St. Louis[5] He later returned to Tennessee, working in Memphis.

References

  1. ^ a b Henry Jay Case (1914). "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 327.
  2. ^ "Lawyer Escapes Mob". The Bee (Earlington KY). October 22, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  3. ^ W. R. Tichenor (December 3, 1905). "Football Experts Give Their Selections For An All-Southern Team". The Atlanta Constitution.
  4. ^ Vanderbilt University (1913). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vol. 13. p. 56.
  5. ^ "Tennessee House of Representatives". The Spectator. 116: 7. 1926.


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