Howard D. Taylor

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name =Howard D. Taylor

|image =HowardDTaylor.jpg

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|caption=Taylor in 1913

| office = President pro tempore of the Washington Senate

| term_start = February 2, 1919

| term_end = January 8, 1923

| predecessor = Phillip H. Carlyon

| successor = Phillip H. Carlyon

| office1 = 12th Speaker of the Washington House of Representatives

| term_start1 = January 9, 1911

| term_end1 = January 11, 1915

| predecessor1 = Leo O. Meigs

| successor1 = W. W. Conner

|office2=Member of the Washington House of Representatives for the 40th district

|term2=1907–1915

|office3=Member of the Washington State Senate for the 30th district

|term3= 1915–1923

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1878|3|8}}

|birth_place =Independence, Iowa, United States

|death_date ={{death date and age|1944|9|14|1878|3|8}}

|death_place =Seattle, Washington, United States

|party =Republican

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Howard Dickson Taylor (March 8, 1878 – September 14, 1944) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate. From 1911 to 1915, he was Speaker of the Washington House.{{cite web |url=http://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf |title=Members list|date=2011 |website= leg.wa.gov|access-date=2020-06-19}}{{cite book | last1=Sharp | first1=N.W. | last2=Sharp | first2=J.R. | last3=Ritter | first3=C.F. | last4=Petonito | first4=G. | last5=Atwater | first5=K.G. | last6=Wakelyn | first6=J.L. | title=American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994 | publisher=Greenwood Press | series=Contributions in American History | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-313-30212-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&pg=PA250 | access-date=2020-06-19 | page=250}}