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From 2011 to 2015, Taylor represented District 66 in the Texas House of Representatives. | From 2011 to 2015, Taylor represented District 66 in the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
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Taylor was born in [[Dallas]], Texas, to [[attorney]] Nicholas Cowenhoven Taylor and the former Catherine Hepburn Blaffer, the granddaughter of a wealthy industrialist in Humble, near [[Houston]], Texas;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/05/archives/catherine-blaffer-bride-of-lawyer.html|title=Catherine Blaffer Bride of Lawyer|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 5, 1970|accessdate=January 15, 2022}}</ref> | Taylor was born in [[Dallas]], Texas, to [[attorney]] Nicholas Cowenhoven Taylor and the former Catherine Hepburn Blaffer, the granddaughter of a wealthy industrialist in Humble, near [[Houston]], Texas;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/05/archives/catherine-blaffer-bride-of-lawyer.html|title=Catherine Blaffer Bride of Lawyer|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 5, 1970|accessdate=January 15, 2022}}</ref> | ||
the couple divorced in 1999. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a preparatory school in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], Van Taylor graduated from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], with a degree in history. He then joined the USMC, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the Harvard Business School; he then worked for McKinsey and Company and the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service as a [[United States Marine Corps]] platoon leader in [[Iraq]]. | the couple divorced in 1999. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a preparatory school in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], Van Taylor graduated from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]], with a degree in history. He then joined the USMC, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the Harvard Business School; he then worked for McKinsey and Company and the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service as a [[United States Marine Corps]] platoon leader in [[Iraq]]. | ||
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Taylor served with the Marine Corps' C Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and fought with the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. As a captain, he led missions behind enemy lines for the 4500 Marine Task Force Tarawa, including the leadership of the task force's first platoon to enter Iraq before the start of the main invasion. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor's platoon encountered, and defeated, several Fedayeen ambushes, participated in the operation to rescue U.S. prisoner of war Private First Class Jessica Lynch and rescued thirty-one wounded men under fire during a counterattack by several thousand Iraqi soldiers. His military decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" for Valor, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Taylor is a major in the Marine Corps Reserves. | Taylor served with the Marine Corps' C Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and fought with the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. As a captain, he led missions behind enemy lines for the 4500 Marine Task Force Tarawa, including the leadership of the task force's first platoon to enter Iraq before the start of the main invasion. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor's platoon encountered, and defeated, several Fedayeen ambushes, participated in the operation to rescue U.S. prisoner of war Private First Class Jessica Lynch and rescued thirty-one wounded men under fire during a counterattack by several thousand Iraqi soldiers. His military decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" for Valor, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Taylor is a major in the Marine Corps Reserves. | ||
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He was one of thirty-five Republicans to vote for the Partisan Hack resolution calling for an Investigation on Capital Hill.<ref>https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll154.xml</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/19/35-house-republicans-vote-for-bill-to-establish-january-6-commission/</ref> | He was one of thirty-five Republicans to vote for the Partisan Hack resolution calling for an Investigation on Capital Hill.<ref>https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll154.xml</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/19/35-house-republicans-vote-for-bill-to-establish-january-6-commission/</ref> | ||
| − | + | Taylor faces opposition for re-nomination from Suzanne Cassimatis Harp of Allen, Texas, in the March 1 House primary election. She is running as a conservative [[MAGA]] candidate. | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:29, January 15, 2022
| Nicolas Van Campen Taylor | |
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U.S. Representative for Texas District 3
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Johnson |
|---|---|
Texas State Senator for
District 8 (Plano) | |
| In office January 13, 2015 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ken Paxton |
| Succeeded by | Angela Paxton |
Texas State Representative
for District 66 | |
| In office April 20, 2018 – January 13, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Brian McCall |
| Succeeded by | Matt Shaheen |
| Born | August 1, 1972 Dallas, Texas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Taylor (married 2002) |
| Residence | Plano, Texas |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Businessman
Major in United States Marine Corps Reserve and veteran of the Iraq War |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Military Service
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Rank | Major |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
Nicholas Van Campen Taylor, known as Van Taylor (born August 1, 1972), is an Iraq War veteran and Texas Republican businessman who is the U.S. Representative-elect for the Texas 3rd Congressional District seat in the United States House of Representatives, a district covering primarily Collin County just north of Dallas. In the November 6, 2018, general election, he defeated the Democrat Lorie Burch, 168,775 (54.3 percent) to 137,547 (44.2 percent). He resides in Plano in Collin County.
Since 2015, Taylor has been a state senator in the heavily Republican District 8. He succeeded Sam Johnson, the retiring Republican congressman, on January 3, 2019.
From 2011 to 2015, Taylor represented District 66 in the Texas House of Representatives.
Background
Taylor was born in Dallas, Texas, to attorney Nicholas Cowenhoven Taylor and the former Catherine Hepburn Blaffer, the granddaughter of a wealthy industrialist in Humble, near Houston, Texas;[1] the couple divorced in 1999. After graduating from St. Paul's School, a preparatory school in Concord, New Hampshire, Van Taylor graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a degree in history. He then joined the USMC, completed infantry and intelligence training, and served as a reconnaissance platoon leader and an intelligence officer. After his four-year active duty tour ended, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He returned to Harvard and earned a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School; he then worked for McKinsey and Company and the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service as a United States Marine Corps platoon leader in Iraq.
Career
Taylor served with the Marine Corps' C Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion and fought with the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. As a captain, he led missions behind enemy lines for the 4500 Marine Task Force Tarawa, including the leadership of the task force's first platoon to enter Iraq before the start of the main invasion. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor's platoon encountered, and defeated, several Fedayeen ambushes, participated in the operation to rescue U.S. prisoner of war Private First Class Jessica Lynch and rescued thirty-one wounded men under fire during a counterattack by several thousand Iraqi soldiers. His military decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" for Valor, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Taylor is a major in the Marine Corps Reserves.
In 2006, Taylor unsuccessfully challenged Democrat Thomas Chester "Chet" Edwards, a Texas A&M University graduate, for Texas' 17th congressional district seat. Edwards was subsequently unseated in 2010 by the Republican Bill Flores. The seat is how held by Republican Pete Sessions, son of the former FBI Director William Sessions.
Angela Paxton, wife and political advisor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is the Republican state senator for District 8. She succeeded Taylor in January 2019. She defeated the Democrat Mark Phariss in the same election in which Taylor defeated Burch and Ken Paxton won a second term as attorney general.
In July 2020, Taylor voted to remove Civil War-era statues.[2]
He was one of thirty-five Republicans to vote for the Partisan Hack resolution calling for an Investigation on Capital Hill.[3][4]
Taylor faces opposition for re-nomination from Suzanne Cassimatis Harp of Allen, Texas, in the March 1 House primary election. She is running as a conservative MAGA candidate.
References
- ↑ Catherine Blaffer Bride of Lawyer. The New York Times (April 5, 1970). Retrieved on January 15, 2022.
- ↑ The List: 72 Republicans Vote with Democrats to Remove Civil War-Era Memorabilia from U.S. Capitol
- ↑ https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll154.xml
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/19/35-house-republicans-vote-for-bill-to-establish-january-6-commission/
External links
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- House Website
- Profile at Ballotpedia
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