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Joseph Taylor

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"Joseph Taylor," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/816.
Position
Chauffeur
Years in President's House
circa 1929
Legal Status
Free Person
Gender
Male
Presidency
Herbert Hoover
Biography
In 1929, a man named Joseph Taylor was included on First Lady Lou Hoover’s White House staff Christmas list as a chauffeur assigned to the White House Garage. Further information is scarce, as multiple men by that name worked as chauffeurs in D.C. at the time. He does not appear on future White House Garage lists. (1)
(1) Employees on Duty at the Executive Office, 1929, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, White House Christmas 1929, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library; Employees of the White House Garage, January 8, 1931, Presidential Papers, Subject File, The White House-Garage Correspondence, 1930-1933 and Undated, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.
Birthplace
Unclear from Context