[1] Taylor was in private practice in Idaho in Valley County at Cascade from 1927 to 1938, and a prosecuting attorney of Valley County from 1927 to 1933, and from 1935 to 1938, returning to private practice in Boise from 1938 to 1954.
[2] Taylor was the campaign manager for Herman Welker in 1950, who was elected to the U.S.
[3][4] Taylor was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 9, 1954, to the U.S. District Court in Idaho, to a new seat authorized by 68 Stat.
Taylor served as Chief Judge from 1964 to 1971, and was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1969 to 1972.
He assumed senior status on December 15, 1971, and his service continued until his death on February 16, 1988.