Roy A. Taylor

Roy Arthur Taylor (January 31, 1910 - February 28, 1995) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

Born in Vader, Washington, Taylor graduated from Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina, 1929. He graduated from Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee, 1931. J.D., Asheville University Law School, Asheville, North Carolina, 1936. He was a lawyer in private practice. He was in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. He served as member of the North Carolina general assembly from 1947 to 1949 and 1951-1953.

Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative David M. Hall, and reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses (June 25, 1960-January 3, 1977). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976. He died on February 28, 1995, in Black Mountain, North Carolina. He was interred in Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Black Mountain, North Carolina.

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