H.G. "Skinny" Taylor

H.G. "Skinny" Taylor

H.G. "Skinny" Taylor
Betty Turnell
Flat Rock, IL
Decatur, IL
Millikin University
Great Depression
accounting firm
not industrialized
Republican Party
farming
changes to Decatur
factories
unions
"Mr. Republican"
college politics
history/political science major
appendix surgery
accounting major
psychology minor
precinct committeeman
"Three Js"
World War I
legionaires
Jake Hill
postmaster
Richard Lyons
Governor Green
Judge Baldwin
John Evans
county chairman
patronage system
civil service
2-party system ending
media influence
many-party system
future of Decatur
"common man"
retirement
trucking company
campaign manager
State Chairman of Republican Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford

This is the oral history of H.G. "Skinny" Taylor. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell. The interview includes his political career.

Interviewee: H.G. "Skinny" Taylor
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

H.G. "Skinny" Taylor

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

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Betty Turnell

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Republican Party
politics

.mp3

English

oral history

OH53

oral history, recording, H.G. "Skinny" Taylor, Betty Turnell

Betty Turnell

H.G. "Skinny" Taylor

Decatur, IL

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cassette tape

24:21

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