Zachary Taylor (May 9, 1849 – February 19, 1921) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who was a one-termU.S. Representative fromTennessee from 1885 to 1887.

Born nearBrownsville, Tennessee, Taylor attended J.I. Hall's School nearCovington, Tennessee, and was graduated from theVirginia Military Institute at Lexington as senior captain July 4, 1872. He graduated fromCumberland School of Law atCumberland University,Lebanon, Tennessee, in January 1874. He wasadmitted to the bar and commenced practice inCovington, Tennessee, in 1878.

Taylor served in the State senate from 1881 to 1883. He was Postmaster ofCovington, Tennessee, from July 1, 1883, to January 1, 1885, when he resigned.^[1]

Elected as aRepublican to theForty-ninth Congress, Taylor served from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887.^[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to theFiftieth Congress.

He moved toMemphis, Tennessee, and engaged in the general life insurance business.

Taylor was delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896. He later moved toSan Antonio, Texas.

Taylor died inEllendale, Tennessee on February 19, 1921 (age 71 years, 286 days).

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