Edward L. Taylor Jr.

For other people named Edward Taylor, see Edward Taylor (disambiguation).
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by De Witt C. Badger
Succeeded by Clement L. Brumbaugh
Personal details
Born (1869-08-10)August 10, 1869
Columbus, Ohio
Died March 10, 1938(1938-03-10) (aged 68)
Columbus, Ohio
Resting place Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Marie Agnes Firestone

Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. (August 10, 1869 – March 10, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Edward and Kathryn (Myers) Taylor. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the Columbus High School. He studied law. He married Marie Firestone Taylor.

He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in Columbus. He served as prosecuting attorney of Franklin County 1899-1904.

Taylor was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1913). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. He continued the practice of law in Columbus, Ohio, until his death of throat and larynx cancer on March 10, 1938 at his modest home on Granville Street in the Woodland Park neighborhood of Columbus. He was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.

Taylor married Marie Agnes Firestone of Columbus on January 4, 1894. She was the daughter of Clinton D. Firestone, president of the Columbus Buggy Company, a carriage and vehicle factory and early automobile manufacturer.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Galbreath, Charles Burleigh (1925). History of Ohio. IV. Chicago: The American Historical Society. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7812-5367-3.

Sources

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
De Witt C. Badger		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 12th congressional district
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913 		Succeeded by
Clement L. Brumbaugh
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.