Background
Taylor, Alva Edwards was born on March 28, 1859 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Rodalphus B. and Sarah M. (Edwards) Taylor.
Taylor, Alva Edwards was born on March 28, 1859 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Rodalphus B. and Sarah M. (Edwards) Taylor.
Bachelor of Laws, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1895. Master of Laws, Chicago Law School, 1897. Doctor of Civil Law, Illinois College of Law, 1898 (Doctor of Laws, 1899).
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1881, and practiced at Cherokee. Removed to Dakota Ty., 1882, and practiced at Huron. Removed to Chicago, 1892, and became attorney for N. American Loan & Trust Company.
Was professor and lecturer, Illinois College of Law, and lecturer, Chicago Law School. Returned to Huron, South Dakot, 1899. Partner of John L. Pyle (attorney-general South Dakot), then of Coe I. Crawford (later member United States Senate), and of A. B. Fairhank, of Sioux Falls.
Assistant attorney general South Dakot, 1899-1903. Judge of 9th Judicial Circuit, South Dakot, 1908-1938. Liberal Republican. Trustee Huron College.
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Married Eugenie J. Cowles, March 28, 1882.