Taylor Hudnall Stukes

Background

Stukes, Taylor Hudnall was born on June 1, 1893 in Manning, South Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Taylor and Cava (Hudnall) Stukes.

Education

Student Davidson College, 1910-1913. Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Lee University, 1915. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, George Washington University, 1919.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Erskine College 1959.

Career

Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1919, and South Carolina. bar, 1920. In Treasury Department, Washington, District of Columbia, 1919. Clerk, law office Whaley, Barnwell & Grimhall, Charleston, 1920.

General law practice, Manning, South Carolina., 1920-1940. Elected The American Association For Justice, State Supreme Court of the South Carolina., 1940, re-elected for ten-year terms, 1942, 52, chief justice, since 1956.

Membership

Member South Carolina House of Representatives, 1923-1926, speaker pro tem, 1925-1926. Member Senate, 1927-1940, president pro tem, 1935-1940. Member State Democratic Executive Committee, 1926-1940 (chairman 1938-1940).

Director Bank of Clarendon, Manning. First lieutenant Air Service, American Expeditionary Force, 1918. Member American Legion, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Order of Coif.

Mason.; Rotarian.

• Member of Masons; American Legion. South Carolina Bar Association. Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Georgie Sauls, June 12, 1923. Children: Frances Cava, Joseph Taylor.

Father:

Joseph Taylor Stukes

Mother:

Cava (Hudnall) Stukes

Spouse:

Georgie Sauls

child:

Frances Cava Stukes

child:

Joseph Taylor Stukes