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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaThomas TAGGART
(1856-1929)
Senate Years of Service:
1916-1916Party: DemocratTAGGART, Thomas, a Senator
from Indiana; born in County Monaghan, Ireland, November 17, 1856;
immigrated to the United States in 1861 with his parents, who
settled in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio; attended the common schools
while working on the railroad; moved to Garrett, Ind., in 1874 and
to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1877; employed in a restaurant and later
engaged in the restaurant and hotel business; auditor of Marion
County 1886-1894; mayor of Indianapolis 1895-1901; member of the
Democratic National Committee 1900-1916, and served as chairman
1900-1908; president of the French Lick Hotel Co.; appointed on
March 20, 1916, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F. Shively and served
from March 20 to November 7, 1916; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1916 to fill the vacancy; chairman, Committee on Forest
Reservations and Game Protection (Sixty-fourth Congress); resumed
his former business pursuits in Indianapolis and French Lick, Ind.;
banker; died in Indianapolis, Ind., on March 6, 1929; interment in
Crown Hill Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Fadely, James Philip.
Thomas Taggart: Public Servant, Political Boss, 1856-1929.
Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1997.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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