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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaWilliam TAYLOR
(1788-1846)
TAYLOR, William, a
Representative from Virginia; born in Alexandria, Va. (then
included in the District of Columbia), April 5, 1788; completed
preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Staunton, Va.; moved to Lexington, Va., in
1813; became a member of the bar; Commonwealth attorney for the
county court of Rockbridge 1817-1843; Commonwealth attorney for the
circuit court of Pocahontas County 1817-1843; member of the house
of delegates in 1821; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth
and Twenty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1843, until
his death in Washington, D.C., January 17, 1846; chairman,
Committee on Accounts (Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses);
interment in the Congressional Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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