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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyHerbert Worthington TAYLOR
(1869-1931)
TAYLOR, Herbert
Worthington, a Representative from New Jersey; born in
Belleville, Essex County, N.J., February 19, 1869; attended the
public schools, and was graduated from the law school of the
University of New York, New York City, in 1891; was admitted to the
New York bar the same year and to the New Jersey bar in 1897, and
practiced in New York City and Newark, N.J.; member of the common
council of Newark 1899-1903; member of the State assembly in 1904
and 1905; chairman of the Essex County Republican committee
1913-1917; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916;
county counsel of Essex County 1916-1921; elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1922; resumed the
practice of law in Newark, N.J.; elected to the Sixty-ninth
Congress (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1926; resumed the practice of law in Newark, N.J.,
where he died on October 15, 1931; interment in East Ridgelawn
Cemetery, Delawanna, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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