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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeAlfred Alexander TAYLOR
(1848-1931)
TAYLOR, Alfred Alexander,
(son of Nathaniel Green Taylor and brother of Robert Love Taylor),
a Representative from Tennessee; born in Happy Valley, Carter
County, Tenn., August 6, 1848; attended Duffield Academy,
Elizabethton, Tenn., Buffalo Institute (later Milligan College),
Tennessee, and the schools of Edge Hill and Pennington Seminary,
New Jersey; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1874 and
commenced practice in Jonesboro, Washington County, Tenn.; member
of the State house of representatives, 1875-1877; unsuccessful
Republican candidate for Governor in 1886, being defeated by his
brother, Robert; delegate to the Republican National Convention in
1888; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and
Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895); declined to
be a candidate in 1894 for renomination; engaged in the practice of
law in Johnson City, Tenn.; engaged as a lecturer and also
interested in agricultural pursuits; Governor of Tennessee
1921-1923; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922; again
engaged in lecturing and in agricultural pursuits and resided at
Milligan College, Carter County, Tenn.; died while on a visit in
Johnson City, Tenn., November 25, 1931; interment in Monta Vista
Cemetery.
Bibliography
Taylor, Robert L., Jr. “Apprenticeship in the First District:
Bob and Alf Taylor’s Early Congressional Races.”
Tennessee Historical Quarterly 28 (Spring 1969): 24-41.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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