Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1934, Taylor akasarudzwa kuva Mutarisiri weNew York City. Akashuma kuti chikwereti cheguta chakanga chiri nani muna 1935 kupfuura chero nguva ipi zvayo mumakore mashanu apfuura, uye muna 1937 akatora chikwereti chemamiriro emari akavandudzwa eguta. Akarasikirwa nechisarudzo chake chokusarudzwazve. Muna 1938, akagadzwa kuva Commissioner wePort of New York Authority, chinzvimbo chaaizobatira kwemakore gumi akatevera, uye akava purezidhendi weAmerican Merchant Marine Institute. Akashandawo semukuru wekutaurirana kwevashandi vekuMabvazuva vekutakura ngarava nemasangano anoenda kugungwa kwemakore mazhinji, uye aive sachigaro weMerchant Marine Committee of the Whole kusvikira apedza basa muna 1952. Akanga ari nhume yechipiri kuDemocratic National Conventions muna 1928, 1932, 1944, 1948, 1952, uye 1956
, uye akashanda senhume kuDemocratic National Convention muna 1940.