1, 1933.<ref>"Hoover Approves Naval Promotions." New York Times. ?New York Times. December 13, 1932.</ref> Retirement did not end Taylor's public service, however. He was appointed to serve on the United States Maritime Commission on September 26, 1936, replacing Admiral Harry G. Hamlet. He remained on the commission until 1938, and then resigned. Thomas M. Woodward was appointed to fulfill the remainder of Taylor's term, which was due to end on September 26, 1939. Taylor never married. After a lengthy illness, he died at Bethesda Naval Medical Center of a stroke on October 21, 1952. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Awards and decorations His awards and medals included the Dewey Medal, Spanish Campaign Medal, Philippine Campaign Medal, World War I Victory Medal, and the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. He was a member of the Aztec Club of 1847 by right of his relationship to Major General Zachary Taylor. References Bibliography "Acquisition Notes." Information Bulletin. Library of Congress. July 6, 1953. The American Year Book. New York: T. Nelson & Sons, 1938. Braisted, William Reynolds. Diplomats in Blue: U.S. Naval Officers in China, 1922–1933. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 2009. Coletta, Paolo Enrico. American Secretaries of the Navy. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1980. Felker, Craig C. Testing American Sea Power: U.S. Navy Strategic Exercises, 1923–1940. College Station, Tex.: Texas A & M University Press, 2007. General Register of the Navy and Marine Corps of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, January 1, 1920. Accessed 2013-01-20. Howarth, Stephen. To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775–1998. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Jordan, Donald A. China's Trial By Fire: The Shanghai War of 1932. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 2001. Kehn, Donald M. A Blue Sea of Blood: Deciphering the Mysterious Fate of the USS Edsall. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Publishers Group, 2008. Lundstrom, John B. Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal. Annapolis, md.: Naval Institute Press, 2006. Love, Robert William. History of the U.S. Navy. Harrisburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books, 1992. Meigs, Benjamin. Record of the Descendants of Vincent Meigs. Baltimore, Md.: J.S. Bridges & Co., 1901. Miller, Edward S. War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897–1945. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1991. Nicholson, Ruth S. Montgomery Meigs Taylor Papers: A Finding Aid to the Papers in the Naval Historical Foundation Collection