John Thomas Taylor

John Thomas Taylor (1886 – May 21, 1965) was an American lawyer and soldier best known for being a lobbyist for the American Legion from 1919 to 1950. During his time as a lobbyist he was able to have over six hundred bills passed by the U.S. Congress that benefited veterans and was on the cover of Time magazine.

Taylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Temple University where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity in 1909. He received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Taylor enlisted in the infantry of the U.S. Army on the day the U.S. entered World War I. During that war he attained the rank of captain and was in four offensives during his seventeen months in Europe. He served with both the 27th and 79th divisions. At the end of the war his unit was stationed in Germany.

Taylor married Louis Elizabeth Catlin on August 21, 1926 in Washington, DC. They would have one son, Stuart, in 1940.

In 1941, three months before Pearl Harbor, General George C. Marshall recalled Taylor to active duty and promoted him to full colonel. He was appointed assistant director of Army Public Relations. In 1942 he went abroad with General George Patton's Seventh Army, where he participated actively in the landings of Operation Torch near Casablanca, and continued with the main forces through the invasions of Sicily, Italy, and Southern France. During this time he was promoted to Brigadier General.

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