- John Taylor (1770–1832)
John Taylor (
May 4 ,1770 –April 16 ,1832 ) was the Democratic-Republicangovernor of South Carolina from 1826 to 1828. He was bornMay 4 ,1770 inGranby, South Carolina , and was related to two U.S. Presidents:James Madison andZachary Taylor (there seems to be no proof of this connection to Madison and Zachary Taylor). He attended Mount Zion Institute inColumbia, South Carolina , and graduated in 1790 fromPrinceton College and became alawyer . He opened his practice in Columbia but also had farming interests.After school, Taylor served in the
South Carolina House of Representatives from 1796 to 1802 and again from 1804 to 1805. He was elected to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1807, and served there until he became a U.S. Senator in 1810 filling the vacancy left byThomas Sumter . He was elected to serve a full term beginning in 1811. As senator, he was known for his especially persuasible personality. While also serving the senate, he developed the first version of what is now known as the Taylor foundation. This foundation is a gathering of aspiring politicians to come together and talk and help each other. But soon afterwards he left federal service in 1816 and returned to his home state to become a South Carolina state senator from 1818 to 1826.Taylor was elected to state governor in 1826. He also served as a trustee of South Carolina College (now the
University of South Carolina ) and as director of theColumbia Theological Seminary . His term in office was primarily known for rallying the state to oppose federal tariffs. He died in 1832 inCamden, South Carolina .External links
* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/taylor.html SCIway Biography of John Taylor]
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=99851b968514a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD NGA Biography of John Taylor]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000085 United States Congress Biography of John Taylor]
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