COLORADO LEGISLATORS PAST AND PRESENT

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Samuel Tesitore "Sam"   Taylor

Chamber:Senate
Political Party:Democrat
Occupation:Attorney
Leadership Position:
Senate Minority Leader: 1953; 1955-56; 1963-70
Senate Majority Leader: 1957-1960
Senate President Pro Tem: 1961-62
Senate Assistant Minority Leader: 1971-72


Senate
Years Served:1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974
District #:14 (1935-1964) ; 32 (1965-1966) ; 17 (1967-1970) ; 32 (1971-1974)
Number of Years:40
General Assembly #:30th; 31st; 32nd; 33rd; 34th; 35th; 36th; 37th; 38th; 39th; 40th; 41st; 42nd; 43rd; 44th; 45th; 46th; 47th; 48th; 49th
Counties:Alamosa; Costilla; Custer; Huerfano; Las Animas; Rio Grande
Gender:Male
Birth year and Place:1904
Hastings CO

City of Residence:Walsenburg
Date of Death:03/23/1977
Place of Death:Trinidad CO
Memorial:
Notes:
Along with Casimiro Barela, was longest-serving legislator (40 years)

Committees
Senate Standing1935 -- Reapportionment (Chair); Corporations; Enrollment; Industrial Relations; Judiciary; Labor; Mines & Mining; Railroads
1936 -- Reapportionment (Chair); Corporations; Enrollment; Industrial Relations; Judiciary; Labor; Mines & Mining; Railroads
1937 -- Railroads (Chair); Patronage (Chair); Enrollment; Industrial Relations; Judiciary; Labor; Mines & Mining; Privileges & Elections; Finance
1938 -- Railroads (Chair); Patronage (Chair); Enrollment; Industrial Relations; Judiciary; Labor; Mines & Mining; Privileges & Elections; Finance
1939 -- Industrial Relations (Chair); Judiciary; Labor; Mines & Mining; Motor Vehicles & Motor Transportation; State Affairs & Public Lands
1940 -- Industrial Relations (Chair); Judiciary; Labor; Mines & Mining; Motor Vehicles & Motor Transportation; State Affairs & Public Lands
1941 -- Industrial Relations (Chair); Patronage (Chair); Banking; Judiciary; Labor; Mines & Mining; Municipal Affairs; Privileges & Elections; Supplies & Expenditures
1942 -- Industrial Relations (Chair); Patronage (Chair); Banking; Judiciary; Labor; Mines & Mining; Municipal Affairs; Privileges & Elections; Supplies & Expenditures
1943 -- County Affairs; Finance; Labor & Industrial Relations; Judiciary; Coal Mining; Privileges & Elections
1944 -- County Affairs; Finance; Labor & Industrial Relations; Judiciary; Coal Mining; Privileges & Elections
1945 -- County Affairs; Judiciary; Interstate Cooperation; Military Affairs; Coal Mining; Motor Vehicles & Motor Transportation
1946 -- County Affairs; Judiciary; Interstate Cooperation; Military Affairs; Coal Mining; Motor Vehicles & Motor Transportation
1947 -- Coal Mining; Constitutional Amendments; County Affairs; Judiciary; Military Affairs; Railroads; Rules
1948 -- Coal Mining; Constitutional Amendments; County Affairs; Judiciary; Military Affairs; Railroads; Rules
1949 -- County Affairs; Finance; Mining Coal; Rules
1950 -- County Affairs; Finance Mining Coal; Rules
1951 -- Agriculture; Finance; Industrial Affairs; Mining
1952 -- Agriculture; Finance; Industrial Affairs; Mining
1953 -- Finance; Judiciary; Mining; Water & Water Resources
1954 -- Finance; Judiciary; Mining; Water & Water Resources
1955 -- Finance; Labor; Local Government; Mining; Water & Water Resources
1956 -- Finance; Labor; Local Government; Mining; Water & Water Resources
1957 -- Finance; Supplies Expenditures & Personnel
1958 -- Finance; Supplies Expenditures & Personnel
1959 -- Supplies Expenditures & Personnel (Chair); Finance; Mining
1960 -- Supplies Expenditures & Personnel (Chair); Finance; Mining
1961 -- Game & Fish (Chair); Supplies Expenditures & Personnel (Chair); Business Affairs; Finance; Mining; Judiciary
1962 -- Game & Fish (Chair); Supplies Expenditures & Personnel (Chair); Business Affairs; Finance; Mining; Judiciary
1963 -- Business Affairs; Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Mining; Supplies Expenditures & Personnel; State Affairs
1964 -- Business Affairs; Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Mining; Supplies Expenditures & Personnel; State Affairs
1965 -- Agriculture; Business Affairs; Education; Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Mining; Supplies Expenditures & Personnel
1966 -- Agriculture; Business Affairs; Education; Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Mining; Supplies Expenditures & Personnel
1967 -- Business Affairs & Labor; Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Transportation; Water Supplies; Expenditures & Personnel
1968 -- Business Affairs & Labor; Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Transportation; Water Supplies; Expenditures & Personnel
1969 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor; Game Fish & Parks; Natural Resources; State Affairs; Water; Senate Services
1970 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor; Game Fish & Parks; Natural Resources; State Affairs; Water; Senate Services
1971 -- Business Affairs & Labor; Game Fish & Parks; Judiciary; State Affairs
1972 -- Business Affairs & Labor; Game Fish & Parks; Judiciary; State Affairs
1973 -- Game Fish & Parks
1974 -- Game Fish & Parks

Joint/Statutory1969 -- Legal Services (63-3-2, 1963 C.R.S.);  Legislative Audit (3-21-1,1963 C.R.S.)
1970 --  Legal Services (63-3-2, 1963 C.R.S.); Legislative Audit (3-21-1,1963 C.R.S.)
1971 -- Legislative Audit (3-21-1,1963, C.R.S.)

Interim1954 -- State Fund Structure
1955 -- Colorado Tax Structure Synthetic Fuels (HJR 26)
1959 -- Synthetic Fuels (Chair) (SJR 35)
1961 -- County Salaries (SJR 28);  Reapportionment (HJR 24)
1962-- Women's Prison (Chair) (SJR 17)
1963 -- Administrative Organization of State Government (HJR 25); Tax Revision (HJR 25); Consumer & Funeral Problems
1964 -- Administrative Organization of State Government (HJR 25 (1963), HJR 1030 (1964)); Consumer & Funeral Problems (HJR 1030)
1965 -- Strip Mining (Chair) (HJR 1024)
1966 -- Legislative Procedures (SJR 5); Strip Mining (Chair) (SJR 6 (1966), HJR 1024 (1965)); Welfare  (HJR 1008)
1967 -- Public Welfare Laws & Programs (SJR 42); Legislative Procedures (SJR 42)
1968 -- Supreme Court Backlog (HJR 1026)
1971 -- Legislative Procedures (HJR 1033)
1972 -- Legislative Procedures (HJR 1033 (1971))