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 TAYLOR

TAYLOR

Col. Thomas Taylor, who commanded the troops around Granby during the Revolutionary war. While a schoolboy in Columbia, S.C, he entered the Confederate army in 1864, and served until the close of the war. He entered the South Caro- lina university in 1866, and was graduated in 1867, taught school for several years and was ad- mitted to the bar at Mobile, Ala., in 1871. He was a representative in the state assembly, 1878, and state solicitor for the first judicial circuit of Alabama, 1890-93. He removed to Demopolis in 1886, and was a Democratic representative from the first Alabama district in the 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th congresses, 1897-1905, serving as a member of the committee on appropriations.

TAYLOR, Hannis, lawyer and diplomatist, was born in Newbern, N.C., Sept. 12, 1851 ; son of Richard N. and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor ; grand- son of William and Mary Taylor, and of James C. and EUzabeth Stevenson. He attended the Uni- versity of North Carolina, 1867-68 ; removed to Mobile, Ala., in 1869 ; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and practised law in Mobile, 1870-92. He was U.S. minister to Spain during President Cleveland's second administration, 1893-97. He was married, May 8, 1878, to Leonora, daughter •of William A. and Eliza LeBaron of Mobile, Ala. From his return from Spain in October, 1897, to December, 1901, lie was engaged in the completion of his work on International Public Law, declared by the Harvard Law Review to be 1893 he was appointed special counsel of the gov- ernment of the United States before the Spanish Treaty Claims commission. In April, 1903, he was selected by the secretary of state as counsel for the United States before the Alaska Boundary commission. Jacob M. Dickinson of Chicago, and David T. Watson of Pittsburg being his asso- ciates. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from seven universities, including the University of Dublin. He is the author of : The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution : An Histori- cal Treatise in tvhich is drawn out by the light of the most recent researches the gradual develop- ment of the English Constitutional System and the growth out of that system of the Federal Re- public of the United States ; (Part I, The Making of the Constitution, 1889); (Part II, The After- Growth of the Constitution, 1898), and of Jjifer- national Public Law (1903).
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TAYLOR, James Monroe, educator, was born in Brooklyn. N.Y., Aug. 5, 1848 ; son of the Rev. Dr. Elisha Ephraim Leech and Mary Jane (Per- kins) Taylor ; grandson of Richard and Phoebe (Leech) Taylor and of Aaron and Deborah (Smith) Perkins, and a descendant of Edward Taylor, who came from London in 1693, and set- tled at Garret's Hill (Pigeon Hill), N.J. He

attended school in Brooklyn, N.Y., and in Essex, Conn.; was graduated from the University of Rochester, A.B., 1868, and from the Rochester Theological seminary, 1871, and continued his studies in Europe, 1871-73. He was married, Sept. 10, 1873, to Kate, daughter of Elon and An- jenette (Cole) Huntington of Rochester, N. Y. He was pastor of a Baptist church in South Nor- walk, Conn., 1873-81 ; in Providence, R.I., 1882- 86, and professor of ethics and president of Vas- sar college, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from 1886. He was influential in increasing the endowments of the college, in raising its educational standard and in adding to its scientific, literary and ath- letic facilities. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Rochester university in 1866; that of LL.D. from Rutgers college in 1894, and D.D. from Yale university in 1901.

TAYLOR, James Wickes, author, was born in Starkey, N.Y., Nov. 6. IS 19. He was graduated at Hamilton college in 1838, and became a lawyer, practising in Ohio. In 1856 he removed to St. Paul, Minn. In 1863-65 he was an agent of the U.S. treasury, to studj- the question of trade with Canada, and in 1870 he was appointed consul at Winnipeg. His publications include : a History of Ohio (1854) ; Allegania. or the Strength of the Union and the Weakness of Slavery (1863). Fruit- culture in Manitoba (1883) ; and pamphlets.

TAYLOR, John, senator, was born in Orange county, Va., in 1750. He was graduated from William and Mary college, 1770 ; studied law under Chancellor Nathaniel Pendleton ; became a planter, and gave special attention to the sci- ence of agriculture. He served in the Revolu- tion ; was a state representative; elected LT.S. senator from Virginia in 1793 to fill the unex- pired term of Richard Henry Lee, resigned, and took his seat, Dec. 13, 1793, his term expiring March 3. 1793. He was re-elected for a full term to expire March 3, 1799, but resigned in 1794. He was presidential elector on the Adams-Jef- ferson ticket in 1797 ; was a member of the Vir- ginia house of representatives and active in pro- moting the Resolutions of 1798 against the cen- tralizing policy of the Federal party. He was appointed U.S. senator, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Stevens T. Mason, serving from Oct. 17, 1803, to Dec. 13, 1803, when A.B. Venable took his seat, having been elected to complete the term. He was elected U.S. senator in 1832, to fill the unexpired term of James Pleasants, re- signed, and he took his seat Dec. 30, 1832. He is the author of : An Liquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States (1814) ; Arator : being a Series of Agrieidtnrai Essays, Practical and Political (1818) : Con- struction Construed and the Constitution Vin- dicated (1820) ; Tyranny Unmasked (1822), and