Samuel M. Taylor

Samuel M. Taylor

Samuel Mitchell Taylor (born May 25, 1852 in Fulton , Itawamba County , Mississippi , † September 13, 1921 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1921 he represented the sixth constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Taylor attended elementary school in his home country and then studied law. After his admission to the bar, he began to work in his new profession in Tupelo in 1876 . Taylor became a member of the Democratic Party and was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1879 to 1880 .

In 1887 Taylor moved to Pine Bluff , Arkansas, where he also worked as a lawyer. Between 1888 and 1892 he was a prosecutor in the 11th judicial district of Arkansas. In 1896, Taylor attended the Democratic National Convention in New York as a delegate . After the resignation of Congressman Joseph Taylor Robinson , who had won the election to governor of Arkansas , Taylor was elected as his successor in the US House of Representatives. He took up this mandate on January 15, 1913. Since he was confirmed in office in the following regular congressional elections, Taylor could remain in Congress until his death on September 13, 1921 . His son Chester was then elected as his successor in the necessary by-election.

Web links

• Samuel M. Taylor in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel M. Taylor in the database of Find a Grave (English)