President Bill Clinton and Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsand look on as House Speaker Casper Taylor, Governor Parris Glendening and Senate President Mike Miller sign the Responsible Gun Safety Act on April 11, 2000 in Annapolis, Maryland.
Former Maryland House Speaker Casper Taylor died Monday. He was 88.
Gov. Wes Moore said Taylor’s work as a leading state lawmaker “left an impact on this state that will reverberate for generations to come.”
“Speaker Taylor served Maryland with distinction for nearly three decades, as a member of the House of Delegates and one of the longest serving Speakers of the House in the history of our state,” Moore said in a statement. “We are so grateful for his years of public service, and celebrate his many accomplishments which Marylanders benefit greatly from every day.”
Taylor, a Democrat from western Maryland, represented a district in Allegany County.
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He served as a member of the House of Delegates from 1975 to 2003 and was the speaker from 1994 to 2003. He was a native of Cumberland, Maryland.
