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 , and 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 , Troy, N.Y.Footnotes
