John Taylor (politician, 1770)

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John Taylor

John Taylor (born May 4, 1770 in Granby , Province of South Carolina , † April 16, 1832 in Camden , South Carolina ) was an American politician and governor of the state of South Carolina.

Rise in South Carolina

John Taylor studied at the Mount Zion Institute in Columbia and graduated from Princeton College in 1790 , after which he became a lawyer. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1796 to 1802 and again for one year from 1804 to 1805. In 1807 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He held this mandate until 1810, when he took over the seat of Thomas Sumter in the United States Senate . In 1811 he was elected for a full term. As a senator he was a very convincing figure. After serving in the Senate, he set up a foundation now known as the Taylor Foundation . Taylor returned to South Carolina in 1816 after giving up several offices. In the years from 1818 to 1826 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1826 he was elected governor of South Carolina.

Governor of south carolina

John Taylor took up the post of governor on December 1, 1826. In the two years he was in office until December 1828, resistance in South Carolina to federal government-imposed protective tariffs grew. The discussion about this question gave new nourishment to the nullification question and a few years later (1832) led to a serious crisis between the federal government under President Andrew Jackson and South Carolina, which at the time was even considering leaving the Union. The question was whether a state in the United States, in this case South Carolina, had the right to unilaterally override federal laws if they harm the interests of the state. As governor, Taylor took care of improving the infrastructure of his country. The transport system was expanded and the first railway company was founded, although the operation of the railway was still a few years away. The aim of the measure was to connect some cities in the hinterland with Charleston on the coast.

Another résumé

According to the South Carolina Constitution, Taylor was not allowed to run again in 1828. Therefore, he resigned on December 1, 1828 from his office. In addition to some administrative duties, he was also a curator at the University of South Carolina and director of Columbia Theological Seminary . John Taylor was related to both President James Madison and President Zachary Taylor .

According to him, Taylor County named in West Virginia.

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SURNAME Taylor, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and governor of the state of South Carolina
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Granby , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1832
Place of death Camden , South Carolina