Gary Eugene (Gene) TAYLOR, Congress, MS (1953)

TAYLOR Gary Eugene (Gene) , a Representative from Mississippi; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 17, 1953; graduated from De LaSalle High School, New Orleans, La., 1971; B.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1976; graduate work, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Miss.; United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1971-1984; member, Bay St. Louis, Miss., city council, 1981-1983; member, Mississippi state senate, 1984-1989; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Larkin I. Smith, and reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (October 17, 1989-January 3, 2011); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010; member, Hancock County, Miss., port and harbor commission, 2012 to present; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014; is a resident of Bay St. Louis, Miss.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present