Thomas C. Taylor

{{Short description|American politician (born 1948)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Tom Taylor

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| state_house1 = New Mexico

| district1 = 1st

| term_start1 = January 2003

| term_end1 = January 2015

| predecessor1 = Nick Tinnin

| successor1 = Rod Montoya

| state_house2 = New Mexico

| district2 = 2nd

| term_start2 = January 1999

| term_end2 = January 2003

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| successor2 = Nick Tinnin

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| party = Republican

| birth_name = Thomas Charles Taylor

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|May 2, 1948}}

| birth_place = Farmington, New Mexico, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Brigham Young University, University of New Mexico

| occupation = Businessman, politician

| spouse = Bev

| children = Four

| residence = Farmington, New Mexico, U.S.

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Thomas Charles "Tom" Taylor (born May 2, 1948, in Farmington, New Mexico)[http://www.transamericacan.com/voter-resources/official/197448/Thomas/Taylor Thomas Taylor (Republican Party)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922064315/http://www.transamericacan.com/voter-resources/official/197448/Thomas/Taylor |date=September 22, 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/sessions/03%20Special/other/LegislatorsCommaDelimitedforMerging.TXT |title=Legislators |publisher=New Mexico Legislature |year=2003}} is the minority floor leader in the New Mexico House of Representatives, 2006–2010.National Conference of Insurance Legislators (2008) [http://www.ncoil.org/almanac/PDFs/NewMexico.pdf "New Mexico: House Leadership"]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} NCOIL Insurance Legislative Fact Book & Almanac page 309, accessed January 7, 2010New Mexico Legislature (2010) [http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/houseleader.aspx "House Leadership"], accessed January 7, 2010 He represented the New Mexico State House 1st district centered on Farmington in San Juan County, from January 1999 through 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislator_details_archive.aspx?SponsorCode=HTAYT |title=Representative Thomas C. Taylor - (R) |publisher=New Mexico Legislature |access-date=September 21, 2015}}

Taylor is a graduate of Brigham Young University and the University of New Mexico. He is the former owner and operator of Farmington Lumber and Hardware, and was a former mayor of Farmington. He and his wife Bev are the parents of four children. Taylor is a Latter-day Saint.