Benjamin I. Taylor

Benjamin Irving Taylor (born December 21, 1877 in New York City , † September 5, 1946 in Harrison , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Irving Taylor attended public schools. He graduated from New Rochelle High School . He then studied law at Columbia Law School in New York City, where he graduated in 1899. He began practicing in Port Chester , Westchester County, after receiving his license to practice the same year . Between 1905 and 1913 he was a supervisor at Harrison. He was a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1912 congressional elections for the 63rd Congress , Taylor was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 25th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Theron Akin on March 4, 1913 . He suffered in his renewed candidacy in 1914 a defeat and withdrew from the after March 3, 1915 Congress of.

After his time in Congress he practiced as a lawyer in Port Chester again. In 1921 he was re-elected as a Harrison supervisor - a post he held until December 1945, except for two years. He died in Harrison about a year after the end of World War II . His body was buried in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Taylor, Benjamin I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Taylor, Benjamin Irving (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 21, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	September 5, 1946
Place of death	Harrison , New York