William Penn Taylor (October 25, 1790 – June 18, 1863) was a nineteenth-century congressman fromVirginia.
Born inFredericksburg, Virginia, October 25, 1790, the son of CongressmanJohn Taylor. William Taylor received a limited schooling as a child.[1]
He held several local political offices inCaroline County, Virginia, including as a delegate to theVirginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830 where he served alongsideRobert B. Taylor from Norfolk, a Brigadier General in the state militia.[2]
Taylor was elected to theVirginia House of Delegates for the session 1830/31 fromCaroline County, Virginia.[3]
He was elected anAnti-Jacksonian to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1832, serving from 1833 to 1835 and being unsuccessful for reelection.[4]
He was an unsuccessfulDemocratic candidate forgovernor of Virginia in 1842.[5] In 1845, Taylor served as a presidential elector.[6]
He died at his estate called "Hayfield" inCaroline County, Virginia June 18, 1863, and was interred in the family cemetery on the estate.
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