George W. Taylor (politician)

For other people of the same name, see George Taylor (disambiguation).

George Washington Taylor
File:George W. Taylor 1902.jpg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district
In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	Richard Henry Clarke
Succeeded by	Oscar Lee Gray
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
In office 1878-1879
Personal details
Born	(1849-01-16)January 16, 1849 Montgomery, Alabama
Died	Rome, Georgia
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of South Carolina at Columbia

George Washington Taylor (January 16, 1849 – December 21, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born on "Roselawn" plantation near Montgomery, Alabama, Taylor attended private schools. While a schoolboy in Columbia, South Carolina, Taylor enlisted in the Confederate States Army in November 1864, and served until the end of the war. Taylor graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1867. He then taught school in Mobile, Alabama, and studied law. Taylor was admitted to the bar in Mobile, Alabama, in November 1871 and commenced practice in Butler, Alabama, in 1872. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1878 and 1879. Taylor served as State solicitor for the first judicial circuit of Alabama from 1880–1892. He declined a third term, and moved to Demopolis, Alabama, in 1883.

Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914, and resumed the practice of law in Demopolis, Alabama. He served as chairman of the State Democratic convention which called the constitutional convention in 1901. Taylor was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920. He died in Rome, Georgia, while on a visit in that city, on December 21, 1932. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.

References

• George W. Taylor at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Entry at the Political Graveyard
• A letter from Booker T. Washington to him
• An entry for him in a Who's Who type of book

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Richard Henry Clarke	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st congressional district 1897 – 1915	Succeeded by Oscar Lee Gray