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| Born | Charles Franklin Tabor (1841-06-28)June 28, 1841 |
| Died | March 3, 1915(1915-03-03) (aged 73) |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician |
| Title | New York Attorney General |
| Term | 1888-1891 |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Children | Georgia E. Tabor |
| Parent(s) | Silas Tabor Betsey E. Russell |
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Charles Franklin Tabor (June 28, 1841 – March 3, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician.
He was born on June 28, 1841, inSt. Joseph County, Michigan, to Silas Tabor (c. 1820 – 1863) and Betsey E. (Russell) Tabor.[1][2]
In 1843, the family removed toNewstead, New York. He was educated at academies inClarence andWilliamsville, Buffalo suburbs, and at the seminary inLima. In 1861, he went toBuffalo, New York, to study law in the office of Humphrey & Parsons, and was admitted to the bar in 1863.[1]
On December 24, 1863, he married Phebe S. Andrews, and their daughter was Georgia E. Tabor.[1][2]
In 1868 he formed a partnership with Judge Thomas Corlett, and six years later, when Judge Corlett retired, formed a partnership withWilliam F. Sheehan. Tabor was a member of theNew York State Assembly (Erie Co., 4th D.) in1876 and1877. In 1888,John Cunneen and Edward E. Coatsworth were admitted to the firm under the name of Tabor, Sheehan, Cunneen & Coatsworth. In 1895, Tabor became the senior member of the law firm of Tabor & Wilkie.
In 1881 and 1882 he was Supervisor ofLancaster, New York, where he resided from 1867 to 1883 when he removed to Buffalo. He was an excise commissioner ofErie County for three years.
As aDemocrat, he wasNew York Attorney General from 1888 to 1891, elected in1887 and1889. He vacated the charter of theSugar Trust of New York on the ground that it was a monopoly. As attorney-general he also had charge of the litigation which involved the constitutionality of theelectrocution law and succeeded in obtaining a decision from theU. S. Supreme Court to the effect that the law was constitutional and valid. He also obtained from that court an affirmation of a decision of theNew York Court of Appeals in the case of the Home Insurance Company, that corporations were liable to taxation on their capital stock although that stock consisted of government bonds, otherwise exempt.
In 1899 he ran for justice of theNew York Supreme Court, but was defeated.[3]
He died on March 3, 1915, at his home inBuffalo, New York, at age 74.[4]
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| Preceded by | New York State Assembly Erie County, 4th District 1876–1877 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | New York State Attorney General 1888–1891 | Succeeded by |