Taylor W. O'Hearn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Taylor W. O'Hearn

American politician

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1907

Place of Birth: Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 02-Apr-1997

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Taylor Walters O'Hearn (July 6, 1907 – April 2, 1997) was a Louisiana politician and pioneer in the rebirth of the Republican Party in the state during the mid-20th century.
In 1964, when blacks in the state were still essentially disenfranchised, he and Morley A.
Hudson, both white men of Shreveport in Caddo Parish, were elected at-large from the parish as the first two Republicans to serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
Each man was defeated for re-election in 1968 after a single term. O'Hearn and Hudson were joined that year in the Caddo delegation by Democrats Algie D.
Brown, Frank Fulco, and newcomer J.
Bennett Johnston, Jr., who also were elected to at-large seats.
Johnston was later a member of the Louisiana State Senate and then the United States Senate.