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Edward T. Taylor | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromColorado | |
| In office March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1941 | |
| Preceded by | George W. Cook |
| Succeeded by | Robert F. Rockwell |
| Constituency | At-large district (1909–1915) 4th district (1915–1941) |
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| Born | June 19, 1858 |
| Died | September 3, 1941(1941-09-03) (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Rosebud Cemetery, Glenwood Springs, Colorado |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Occupation | Superintendent of Schools District Attorney City Attorney Senator Congressman |
Edward Thomas Taylor (June 19, 1858 – September 3, 1941) was an American lawyer and educator who served as aU.S. representative fromColorado. A member of theDemocratic Party, he served 17 terms in the U.S. House, from 1909 to 1941.
Taylor was born on a farm nearMetamora, Illinois. He attended thecommon schools of Illinois and Kansas, and graduated from thehigh school atLeavenworth, Kansas, in 1881. Taylor moved toLeadville, Colorado and was principal of Leadville High School from 1881 to 1882. He graduated from theUniversity of Michigan Law School in 1884, and wasadmitted to the bar the same year. He returned to Leadville and commenced thepractice of law.
Taylor served assuperintendent of schools ofLake County in 1884, and as deputydistrict attorney in 1885. He moved toGlenwood Springs, Colorado in 1887 and resumed private practice. Taylor served as district attorney of the ninth judicial district from 1887 to 1889.
He served in theColorado Senate from 1896 to 1908 and served aspresident pro tempore for one term. Taylor wascity attorney from 1896 to 1900 andcounty attorney in 1901 and 1902.
Taylor was elected to the61st United States Congress as aDemocrat in the1908 election and was reelected to the 16 succeeding Congresses, served from March 4, 1909, until his death inDenver, Colorado on September 3, 1941. Taylor served as the Chairman of the Subcommittee of the Committee on Mines and Mining that investigated theCopper Country Strike of 1913–14. Taylor served as chairman of theCommittee on Irrigation of Arid Lands (65th Congress) andCommittee on Appropriations (75th,76th, and77th Congresses).
He is best known for sponsoring theTaylor Grazing Act, enacted in 1934, which regulatesgrazing onfederal lands. He also was responsible for the legislation in 1921 that changed the name of theGrand River to theColorado River.
Taylor died in office on September 3, 1941, at the age of 83. He is interred in amausoleum in Rosebud Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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