The Political Graveyard: Taylor family of Tennessee

Taylor family of Tennessee

Note: This is just one of 643 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered separately are joined together here if linked by marriage or otherwise. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the state or lists of states of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

Landon Carter Haynes (1816-1875) — also known as Landon C. Haynes — of Tennessee. Born in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tenn., December 2, 1816. Uncle of Nathaniel Edwin Harris. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1845; member of Tennessee state senate, 1847; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1849; Senator from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., February 17, 1875. Original interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 1902 at Jackson Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
Nathaniel Green Taylor (1819-1887) — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee, 1819. Father of Alfred Alexander Taylor and Robert Love Taylor. U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1854-55, 1866-67. Died in 1887. Interment in private or family graveyard.
- See also: congressional biography.
Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) — of Macon, Bibb County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter County, Tenn. Born in Jonesboro, Washington County, Tenn., January 21, 1846. Son of Alexander Nelson Harris and Edna (Haynes) Harris; nephew of Landon Carter Haynes; married, January 12, 1873, to Fannie Burke; married, July 6, 1899, to Hattie G. Jobe; first cousin of Alfred Alexander Taylor and Robert Love Taylor. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of Georgia, 1915-17. Methodist. Member, Chi Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; United Confederate Veterans. Died September 21, 1929. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
- See also: National Governors Association biography.
Alfred Alexander Taylor (1848-1931) — also known as Alfred A. Taylor — of Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn.; Milligan College, Carter County, Tenn. Born in Happy Valley (unknown county), Tenn., August 6, 1848. Son of Nathaniel Green Taylor and Emma (Haynes) Taylor; first cousin of Nathaniel Edwin Harris; married, June 22, 1881, to Jennie Anderson; brother of Robert Love Taylor. Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1875-76; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1889-95; Governor of Tennessee, 1921-23; defeated, 1886. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died November 25, 1931. Interment at Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
Robert Love Taylor (1850-1912) — also known as Robert L. Taylor; Bob Taylor; "Our Bob" — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Carter County, Tenn., July 31, 1850. Son of Nathaniel Green Taylor; first cousin of Nathaniel Edwin Harris; brother of Alfred Alexander Taylor. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1879-81; Governor of Tennessee, 1887-91, 1897-99; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1907-12; died in office 1912. Died March 31, 1912. Original interment at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.; reinterment in 1938 at Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.

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