John J. Taylor

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John J. Taylor

John James Taylor (born April 27, 1808 in Leominster , Massachusetts , † July 1, 1892 in Owego , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John James Taylor was born in Worcester County about four years before the outbreak of the British-American War . He attended community schools, the New Ipswich Academy and the Groton Academy . In 1829 he graduated from Harvard University . Taylor taught as a teacher for a short time. In 1830 he moved to Troy . He studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1834, he began practicing in Greene , Chenango County . In 1834 he moved to Owego. There he continued to work as a lawyer. In 1838 he was elected district attorney in Tioga County appointed - a post he held until his retirement 1843rd He sat on the Village Board of Trustees in 1839, 1843, and 1848 . In 1844 he was the first fire chief. In 1846 he took part in the New York Constituent Assembly . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In 1850 he ran unsuccessfully for the 32nd Congress . In the congressional election of 1852 for the 33rd Congress , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 27th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded William A. Sackett on March 4, 1853 . He then resigned from Congress on March 3, 1855 .

After his time at Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer. President Franklin Pierce offered him the post of Commissioner for the Settlement of the Northwestern Border of the United States, but Taylor turned down the offer. In 1858 he ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for the post of Lieutenant Governor of New York. He was President of the Village of Owego in 1859. He also went about banking. Taylor was elected Vice President and later President of the Southern Central Railway Company , and later for the Auburn division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company . He died on July 1, 1892 in Owego and was then buried in Evergreen Cemetery .

Web links

  • John J. Taylor in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)