Glen Taylor

A handful of country music stars have made careers in politics. Most of them made those careers in the deep south and were political figures on the right. The two-term governor of Louisiana, Jimmie Davis, was the most prominent, but Jimmy Swan and Tex Ritter both stood for elective office. In addition, a handful of office holders have also possessed some fair musical talent: Senators Robert Byrd and Albert W. Gore Sr. both played the fiddle. And then there was Glen Taylor, "Idaho's Singing Cowboy," who combined music and politics, and was the sole leftwinger among this elite g...