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Taylor, V. O. —
of St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nebraska, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Taylor, Van —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 17th District, 2006; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 66th District.
Still living as of 2012.
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Taylor, Vernon Frank —
also known as Vernon F. Taylor —
of Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, Vincent Albert
(1845-1922) —
of Ohio.
Born in Ohio, 1845.
Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1891-93.
Died in 1922
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Bedford
Cemetery, Bedford, Ohio.
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Taylor, Mrs. Volney W. —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1944,
1948.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, W. B. —
of Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La.
Postmaster at Mansfield,
La., 1887-89.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, W. E. —
of Midwest, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming,
1964.
Still living as of 1964.
|
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Taylor, W. F. B. —
of Patrick
County, Va.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Patrick County, 1869-71.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, W. Frank —
of Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate 8th District, 1921-22; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, W. H. —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 18th District, 1856-57.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, W. H. —
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, W. J. —
of Merna, Custer
County, Neb.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 6th District, 1912; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, W. J. —
of Thermopolis, Hot
Springs County, Wyo.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wyoming, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, W. M. —
of Graham
County, N.C.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Graham County,
1891-92.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, W. N. —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Parsons, Kan., 1955-56.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, W. R. —
of Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo.
Democrat. Chair of
Callaway County Democratic Party, 1921; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1924;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Callaway County, 1943-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, W. R. L. —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1934-38.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, W. Remsen —
of Long Island City, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Republican. Physician;
candidate for mayor
of Long Island City, N.Y., 1886.
Burial location unknown.
|
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S. See William Sylvester
Taylor |
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Taylor, W. S. —
of Barry
County, Mo.
Republican. Candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, W. S. —
of Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, W. W. —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, Wade —
of Radford,
Va.
Postmaster at Radford,
Va., 1901.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, Waldo —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, Walker —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1917.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, Waller
(c.1779-1826) —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., about 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1800-02; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1816-25.
Died in Lunenburg
County, Va., August
26, 1826 (age about 47
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lunenburg County, Va.
|
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Taylor, Walter —
of Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Democrat. Chair of
Monmouth County Democratic Party, 1914.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, Walter C. —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1959-60.
Still living as of 1960.
|
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Taylor, Walter Herron —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Consular
Agent for France in Norfolk,
Va., 1906-14.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, Walter P. —
of Cape
May County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1935.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, Walter Ross (born
c.1858) —
also known as Walter R. Taylor —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born near Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., about 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1905; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 9th District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1909-12, 1915-16; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, Warren Arthur (b.
1891) —
also known as Warren A. Taylor —
of Cordova, Chugach
census area, Alaska; Kodiak, Kodiak
Island Borough, Alaska; Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Washington, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives, 1933-34, 1945-46, 1949-50,
1955-58 (3rd District 1933-34, 1945-46, 4th District 1949-50,
1955-58); delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1959-66; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1959-62.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, Warren E. —
of Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, Warren F. —
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, Wesley A. (b.
1906) —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Mays Landing, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 12,
1906.
Republican. Bookbinder;
Secretary
and Business
Representative, Bookbinders Local Union #62; delegate to
New Jersey AFL and other labor councils; vice-president,
Allied Printing Trades Council; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence A. Taylor and Almeda S. (Henry) Taylor. |
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Taylor, Will P. —
of San Anselmo, Marin
County, Calif.
Postmaster at San
Anselmo, Calif., 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William —
of Glasgow County (now Greene
County), N.C.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Glasgow County, 1797-99.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William —
of Virginia.
U.S. Consul in Cape Hatien, 1815-17; Veracruz, 1823-31.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William
(1788-1846) —
of Virginia.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., April 5,
1788.
Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1821; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1843-46 (2nd District 1843-45, 11th
District 1845-46); died in office 1846.
Slaveowner.
Died January
17, 1846 (age 57 years, 287
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Taylor, William
(1791-1865) —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
12, 1791.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1833-39; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1841-42; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846.
Died in Manlius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
16, 1865 (age 73 years, 339
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manlius, N.Y.
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Taylor, William —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 13th District, 1852-53.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1880.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William —
U.S. Consular Agent in Coronel, as of 1897-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William (b. 1862) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 5,
1862.
Democrat. Newspaperman;
member of Massachusetts
state senate Third Suffolk District, 1905-06; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William —
of San Anselmo, Marin
County, Calif.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Taylor, William A. —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Secretary of Michigan Prohibition Party, 1887; treasurer of Michigan
Prohibition Party, 1887; Michigan Prohibition Party state chair, 1907.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William A. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William A. —
Candidate for Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William A. —
of Delaware
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William B. —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Postmaster at Marietta,
Ga., 1845-52.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William B. —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
New
York state engineer and surveyor, 1862-65, 1872-73.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William B. —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1861-62.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William B. —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Democrat. Postmaster at Mobile,
Ala., 1936-53 (acting, 1936).
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William C. —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1922, 1924.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William C. —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Democrat. Mayor
of Carthage, Mo., 1967.
Still living as of 1967.
|
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Taylor, William C. —
Communist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Still living as of 1972.
|
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Taylor, William E. —
of Gillette, Campbell
County, Wyo.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wyoming, 1948;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1950.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William F. —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1855; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1864.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William F. —
of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1875-76.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William G. —
Mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1919; secretary
of state of Delaware, 1925.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William H. —
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William H. —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Pontiac, Mich., 1967.
Still living as of 1967.
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Taylor, William H.
Harrison —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Postmaster at Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1841-45, 1866-67.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William Henry —
of Jasper
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state senate from Jasper County, 1926-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William J. —
also known as Bill Taylor —
Democrat. Candidate for Florida
state house of representatives 77th District, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
|
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Taylor, William Jacob —
of High Bridge, Jessamine
County, Ky.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
|
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Taylor, William John Hamilton
(1853-1929) —
also known as William J. H. Taylor —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Turks and
Caicos Islands, December
12, 1853.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; commission
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Key
West, Fla., 1884-1903; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Key
West, Fla., 1887-1903.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., May 5,
1929 (age 75 years, 144
days).
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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Taylor, William L. —
of Indiana.
Indiana
state attorney general, 1899.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William M. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Farmer-Labor candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William McLaughlin, Jr.
(1909-1985) —
Born in Denton, Denton
County, Tex., February
7, 1909.
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1966-79; took
senior status 1979.
Died June 17,
1985 (age 76 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William P. —
of Andover, Butler
County, Kan.
Democrat. Postmaster at Andover,
Kan., 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William Penn —
of Virginia.
Born in Virginia.
U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1833-35.
Slaveowner.
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Taylor, William R. —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Democrat. Postmaster at Jersey
City, N.J., 1835-37.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, William R.
(c.1830-1867) —
of Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C.
Born about 1830.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Kershaw, 1861-62.
Died in Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C., September
15, 1867 (age about 37
years).
Interment at Quaker
Cemetery, Camden, S.C.
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Taylor, William Robert
(1820-1909) —
also known as William R. Taylor —
of Cottage Grove, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Connecticut, July 10,
1820.
Democrat. Governor of
Wisconsin, 1874-76; defeated, 1875.
Died March
17, 1909 (age 88 years, 250
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Taylor, William Sylvester
(1853-1928) —
also known as William S. Taylor; W. S. Taylor;
"Hogjaw" —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.
Born in Butler
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
state court judge in Kentucky, 1886; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1896-99; Governor of
Kentucky, 1899-1900.
Indicted
in 1900 as a conspirator in the assassination
of William
J. Goebel; fled
to Indiana; never extradited; pardoned
in 1909 by Gov. Augustus
E. Willson.
Died August
2, 1928 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Taylor, William V. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Maryland, 2000,
2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
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Taylor, William W. —
of South Dakota.
Republican. South
Dakota state treasurer, 1891-95.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, William W. —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, Mrs. Willie —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, Willoughby P. —
of Ashland, Hanover
County, Va.
Republican. Postmaster at Ashland,
Va., 1952-53, 1956-68 (acting, 1952-53, 1956).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Taylor, Wilson A. —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Republican. Circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1927.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, Wood —
of Roane
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Roane County, 1923-26.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Taylor, Yvonne —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1984.
Female.
Still living as of 1984.
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Taylor, Zachary
(1784-1850) —
also known as "Old Rough and Ready" —
Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784.
Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis,
in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850 (age 65 years, 227
days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains
were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory.
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family
graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret
Mackall Smith (niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** of Victor
D. Crist; first cousin twice removed of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major and Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; second cousin of James
Madison and William
Taylor Madison; second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee, John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr., Nathaniel
Pendleton, George
Madison, Coleby
Chew, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett
Hawes Buckner and Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Francis
Walker; second cousin thrice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton, Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro, Daniel
Micajah Pendleton and Max
Rogers Strother; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Sumner Pendleton; third cousin of Thomas
Sim Lee, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Richard
Bland Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, Meriwether
Lewis, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Lee, John
Tyler (1790-1862), Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, Fitzhugh
Lee, William
Barret Pendleton, James
Francis Buckner Jr., Francis
Key Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton, John
Overton Pendleton and Francis
Preston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham
Lincoln, John
Lee Carroll, Charles
Kellogg, James
Sansome Lakin and Edward
Brooke Lee; fourth cousin of Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Thomas
Walker Gilmer, Aylette
Buckner, David
Gardiner Tyler and Lyon
Gardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd, Charles
John Helm and Hubbard
Dozier Helm. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: David
R. Atchison — Thomas
Ewing |
| | | Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Zachary
T. Coy
— Zachary
T. Bielby
— Zachary
T. Harris
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor
never surrenders." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack
Bauer, Zachary
Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Taylor, Zachary
(1849-1921) —
of Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., May 9,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; postmaster at Covington,
Tenn., 1881-83; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1885-87; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President).
Died in Ellendale, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
19, 1921 (age 71 years, 286
days).
Interment at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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