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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaJohn TAYLOR
(1753-1824)
Senate Years of Service:
1792-1794; 1803-1803; 1822-1823; 1823-1824Party: Anti-Administration;
Democratic Republican; Democratic Republican; Crawford
RepublicanTAYLOR, John, a Senator
from Virginia known as ‘John Taylor of Caroline’ to
distinguish him from others of the same name; born in either Orange
or Caroline County, Va., probably on December 19, 1753; educated by
private tutors; studied at the College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, Va., 1770-1772; studied law; admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Caroline County in 1774; served in the
Revolutionary War as major and colonel; member, State house of
delegates 1779-1785, with the exception of 1782, and 1796-1800;
retired from the practice of law and engaged in agricultural
pursuits; elected in 1792 to the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Richard Henry Lee; reelected
in 1793 and served from October 18, 1792, until his resignation on
May 11, 1794; presidential elector in 1797; appointed to the United
States Senate as a Democratic Republican to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Stevens T. Mason and served from June 4 to December
7, 1803, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for
election to fill the vacancy; elected in 1822 to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James
Pleasants; reelected as a Crawford Republican in 1823, and served
from December 18, 1822, until his death in Caroline County, Va.,
August 21, 1824; interment on Hazelwood farm, near Port Royal,
Caroline County, Va.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Hill, Charles William, Jr.
The Political Theory of John Taylor of Caroline. Rutherfurd,
N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1976; Shalhope, Robert
E. John Taylor of Caroline. Columbia, S.C.: University of
South Carolina Press, 1980.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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