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Abner Taylor | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | Ransom W. Dunham |
| Succeeded by | J. Frank Aldrich |
| Member of theIllinois House of Representatives | |
| In office 1884-1886 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1829-01-19)January 19, 1829 Bangor, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | April 13, 1903(1903-04-13) (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch/service | Army |
| Rank | General's deputy;United States Treasury agent |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Abner Taylor (January 19, 1829 – April 13, 1903) was aU.S. Representative fromIllinois.
Born inBangor, Maine, Taylor moved with his parents toChampaign County, Ohio, in 1832, thence toFort Dodge, Iowa, and subsequently toChicago, Illinois, in 1860. He served the Union the American Civil War as a general's deputy, and later a colonel andUnited States Treasury agent. As a business man, Taylor engaged in extensive contracting, building, and mercantile pursuits, and participated in the construction of theTexas State Capitol. In exchange for the construction of the Texas State House, Taylor was awarded three million acres of land in northwest Texas in 1882. He served as a delegate to the1884 Republican National Convention. Further, Taylor served as a member of theIllinois House of Representatives from 1884 to 1886.
Taylor was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-first andFifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893). He married Clara Babcock, a daughter of business associate Colonel A C Babcock on September 9, 1889, in Cassopolis, Michigan. Clara was nearly thirty-two years his junior. The millionaire and his lively bride were well known in Congress. Clara made international news when she announced that rather than keeping Congressmen's signatures in an autograph book, she would have them embroidered onto a petticoat in silk to keep as a record of the 52nd Congress.
Taylor did not campaign in 1892, he instead resumed the building and contracting business. He died inWashington, D.C., in 1903, and was interred inRock Creek Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's 1st congressional district 1889–1893 | Succeeded by |
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