William P. Taylor

William Penn Taylor (* 1791 in Fredericksburg , Virginia , †  1863 in Caroline County , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Taylor received a limited education. During the British-American War he served in the state militia. He held a number of local offices in his homeland. In 1824 he inherited the Hayfield Manor plantation near Port Royal , which he managed with the help of up to 80 slaves at times . There he received prominent guests, including the later US President Franklin Pierce . In the 1820s he joined the opposition to later President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1832 Taylor was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Andrew Stevenson on March 4, 1833 . Until March 3, 1835, he could only serve one term in Congress . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, William Taylor lived again at his Hayfield Manor , where he died in 1863.

Web links

• William P. Taylor in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William P. Taylor in the database of Find a Grave (English)