October
9, 1950
Idaho
Senator Arrested for walking thru Negro Entrance
The conviction and 180 day
jail sentence of incumbent U.S. Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho was upheld
after the United States Supreme Court declined to review his case. Senator
Taylor's crime had been to scuffle with police in Birmingham, Alabama, when he
had walked through a door marked "Negro Entrance" in order to attend
a meeting of African-American students. Taylor did not serve any time, despite
threats by Birmingham's police chief, Bull Connor, to have him extradited from
Idaho to Alabama. Senator Taylor did, however, lose his bid for re-election 30
days later. On November 14, he paid off his $200 bond and $28.60 in court costs.
Glen Hearst Taylor (April
12, 1904 – April 28, 1984) was an American politician, entertainer,
businessman, and United States Senator. He was the vice presidential candidate
on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1948 election. Taylor was otherwise a member of the
Democratic Party.
Taylor was an early
proponent of the civil rights movement and as a United States Senator openly
opposed segregationist policies and supporters. In January 1947 Taylor
requested that the Senate delay the swearing in of Mississippi Sen. Theodore G.
Bilbo, who had been reelected in 1946. As
a result Bilbo – well known for his segregationist, racially-charged rhetoric –
was never formally seated for his final Senate term.
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