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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaJames Piper TALIAFERRO
(1847-1934)
Senate Years of Service:
1899-1911Party: DemocratTALIAFERRO, James Piper, a
Senator from Florida; born in Orange, Orange County, Va., September
30, 1847; attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie
School in Greenwood, Va.; during the Civil War enlisted in the
Confederate Army in 1864 and served until the close of the war;
resumed his studies in college; moved to Jacksonville, Fla., in
1866; engaged in the lumber business and other commercial
enterprises; also engaged in the building of railroads; president
of the First National Bank of Tampa; elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term beginning
March 4, 1899; appointed and subsequently reelected in 1905 and
served from April 20, 1899, to March 3, 1911; was an unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1910; chairman, Committee on
Revolutionary Claims (Sixtieth Congress), Committee on Corporations
Organized in the District of Columbia (Sixty-first Congress); again
resumed his former business and commercial pursuits in
Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., until 1920 when he retired from
active business pursuits; died in Jacksonville, Fla., October 6,
1934; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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