| |  Taylor, V. O. — of St. Paul,HowardCounty, Neb.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNebraska,1964.Still living as of 1964. | | Taylor, Van — Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 17th District, 2006; candidate forTexasstate house of representatives 66th District.Still living as of 2012. | | Taylor, Vernon Frank — also known asVernon F. Taylor — of Indiana,IndianaCounty, Pa.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania,1920;delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1924.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Vincent Albert(1845-1922) —of Ohio. Born in Ohio,1845.Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1888;U.S.Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1891-93.Died in1922(ageabout77 years).Interment atBedfordCemetery, Bedford, Ohio. | | Taylor, Virginia W. — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Candidate in primary formayorof San Diego, Calif., 1971.Female.Still living as of 1971. | | Taylor, Mrs. Volney W. — of Brownsville,CameronCounty, Tex.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1944,1948.Female.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. B. — of Mansfield,DeSotoParish, La.Postmaster atMansfield,La., 1887-89.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. E. — of Midwest,NatronaCounty, Wyo.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming,1964.Still living as of 1964. | | Taylor, W. F. B. — ofPatrickCounty, Va.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Patrick County, 1869-71.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. Frank — of Goldsboro,WayneCounty, N.C.Democrat. Member ofNorthCarolina state senate 8th District, 1921-22; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from North Carolina,1948(alternate),1952,1956.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. H. — of California. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly 18th District, 1856-57.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. H. — Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKansas,1908.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. J. — of Merna,CusterCounty, Neb.Candidate forU.S.Representative from Nebraska 6th District, 1912;delegateto Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. J. — of Thermopolis,HotSprings County, Wyo.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromWyoming,1928.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. M. — ofGrahamCounty, N.C.Member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Graham County,1891-92.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. N. — of Parsons,LabetteCounty, Kan.Mayorof Parsons, Kan., 1955-56.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. R. — of Fulton,CallawayCounty, Mo.Democrat.Chair ofCallaway County Democratic Party, 1916-21; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Missouri,1924;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Callaway County, 1943-44.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. R. L. — ofNorfolk,Va.Mayorof Norfolk, Va., 1934-38.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. Remsen — of Long Island City, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Republican.Physician;candidate formayorof Long Island City, N.Y., 1886.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W.S.SeeWilliam SylvesterTaylor | | Taylor, W. S. — ofBarryCounty, Mo.Republican. Candidate forMissouristate house of representatives from Barry County, 1916.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. S. — of Port Arthur,JeffersonCounty, Tex.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1944.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, W. W. — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1912(alternate),1916,1924.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Wade — ofRadford,Va.Postmaster atRadford,Va., 1901.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Waldo — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1900.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Walker — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.U.S.Collector of Customs at Wilmington, N.C., North Carolina, 1917.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Waller(c.1779-1826) —of Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.Born inLunenburgCounty, Va., about 1779.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1800-02; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1816-25.Died inLunenburgCounty, Va.,August26, 1826 (ageabout 47years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Lunenburg County, Va. | | Taylor, Walter — of Asbury Park,MonmouthCounty, N.J.Democrat.Chair ofMonmouth County Democratic Party, 1914.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Walter C. — of Rapid City,PenningtonCounty, S.Dak.Member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1959-60.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Walter Herron — ofNorfolk,Va.ConsularAgent for France inNorfolk,Va., 1906-14.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Walter P. — ofCapeMay County, N.J.Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1935.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Walter Ross (bornc.1858) —also known asWalter R. Taylor — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born near Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich., about 1858.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Kalamazoo, Mich., 1905;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 9th District,1907-08; member ofMichiganstate senate 6th District, 1909-12, 1915-16; Republican candidatefor Presidential Elector for Michigan,1912.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Warren Arthur (b.1891) —also known asWarren A. Taylor — of Cordova,Chugachcensus area, Alaska; Kodiak,KodiakIsland Borough, Alaska; Fairbanks,FairbanksNorth Star Borough, Alaska.Born in Washington,1891.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlaskaterritorial House of Representatives, 1933-34, 1945-46, 1949-50,1955-58 (3rd District 1933-34, 1945-46, 4th District 1949-50,1955-58);delegateto Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; member ofAlaskastate house of representatives, 1959-66;Speaker ofthe Alaska State House of Representatives, 1959-62.Baptist.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Warren E. — of Monmouth,WarrenCounty, Ill.Presidential Elector for Illinois,1897.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Warren F. — Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1894.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Wesley A. (b.1906) —of East Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Mays Landing,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,July 12,1906.Republican.Bookbinder;SecretaryandBusinessRepresentative, Bookbinders Local Union #62;delegate toNew Jersey AFL and other labor councils;vice-president,Allied Printing Trades Council;delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,1947.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArcanum.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Clarence A. Taylor and Almeda S. (Henry) Taylor. |
| | Taylor, Will P. — of San Anselmo,MarinCounty, Calif.Postmaster atSanAnselmo, Calif., 1901.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William — of Glasgow County (nowGreeneCounty), N.C.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Glasgow County, 1797-99.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William — of Virginia. U.S. Consul inCape Hatien, 1815-17;Veracruz, 1823-31.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William(1788-1846) —of Virginia. Born inAlexandria,Va.,April 5,1788.Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1821;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1843-46 (2nd District 1843-45, 11thDistrict 1845-46); died in office 1846.Slaveowner. DiedJanuary17, 1846 (age57 years, 287days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Taylor, William(1791-1865) —ofOnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Suffield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,October12, 1791.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 23rd District, 1833-39; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County, 1841-42;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846.Died in Manlius,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1865 (age73 years, 339days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Manlius, N.Y. | | Taylor, William — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 13th District, 1852-53.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1880.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William — U.S. Consular Agent inCoronel, as of 1897-98.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William (b. 1862) — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 5,1862.Democrat.Newspaperman;member ofMassachusettsstate senate Third Suffolk District, 1905-06; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1916.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1948.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William — of San Anselmo,MarinCounty, Calif.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1968.Still living as of 1968. | | Taylor, William A. — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.Secretary of Michigan Prohibition Party, 1887; treasurer of MichiganProhibition Party, 1887; Michigan Prohibition Party state chair, 1907.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William A. — Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1906.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William A. — Candidate forMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1910.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William A. — ofDelawareCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Delaware County, 1932.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William B. — of Marietta,CobbCounty, Ga.Postmaster atMarietta,Ga., 1845-52.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William B. — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.NewYork state engineer and surveyor, 1862-65, 1872-73.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William B. — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1861-62.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William B. — of Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.Postmaster atGoshen,Ind., 1862.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William B. — of Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.Democrat. Postmaster atMobile,Ala., 1936-53 (acting, 1936).Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William C. — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Socialist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1922, 1924.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William C. — of Carthage,JasperCounty, Mo.Democrat.Mayorof Carthage, Mo., 1967.Still living as of 1967. | | Taylor, William C. — Communist. Communist candidate for Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1972.Still living as of 1972. | | Taylor, William E. — of Gillette,CampbellCounty, Wyo.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromWyoming,1948;member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1950.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William F. — of Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate senate 11th District, 1855; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Connecticut,1864.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William F. — of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy),RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1875-76.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William G. —Mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1919;secretaryof state of Delaware, 1925.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William H. — of Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.Mayorof Spokane, Wash., 1887-88.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William H. — Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1896.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William H. — Union candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia,1936.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William H. — of Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.Mayorof Pontiac, Mich., 1967.Still living as of 1967. | | Taylor, William H.Harrison —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Postmaster atCincinnati,Ohio, 1841-45, 1866-67.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William Henry — ofJasperCounty, S.C.Member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Jasper County, 1926-28.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William J. — also known asBill Taylor — Democrat. Candidate forFloridastate house of representatives 77th District, 1978.Still living as of 1978. | | Taylor, William Jacob — of High Bridge,JessamineCounty, Ky.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1978.Still living as of 1978. | | Taylor, William John Hamilton(1853-1929) —also known asWilliam J. H. Taylor — of Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.Born inTurks andCaicos Islands,December12, 1853.Naturalized U.S. citizen;commissionmerchant;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inKeyWest, Fla., 1884-1904;Vice-Consulfor Great Britain inKeyWest, Fla., 1887-1904.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Elks.Died in Tampa,HillsboroughCounty, Fla.,May 5,1929 (age75 years, 144days).Interment atKeyWest Cemetery, Key West, Fla. | | Taylor, William L. — of Indiana.Indianastate attorney general, 1899.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William M. — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Farmer-Labor candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1921.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William McLaughlin, Jr.(1909-1985) —Born in Denton,DentonCounty, Tex.,February7, 1909.U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1966-79; tooksenior status 1979.DiedJune 17,1985 (age76 years, 130days).Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William P. — of Andover,ButlerCounty, Kan.Democrat. Postmaster atAndover,Kan., 1913-14.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William Penn — of Virginia. Born in Virginia.U.S.Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1833-35.Slaveowner. Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Taylor, William R. — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Democrat. Postmaster atJerseyCity, N.J., 1835-37.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William R.(c.1830-1867) —of Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.Born about 1830.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Kershaw, 1861-62.Died in Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.,September15, 1867 (ageabout 37years).Interment atQuakerCemetery, Camden, S.C. | | Taylor, William Robert(1820-1909) —also known asWilliam R. Taylor — of Cottage Grove,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Connecticut,July 10,1820.Democrat.Governor ofWisconsin, 1874-76; defeated, 1875.DiedMarch17, 1909 (age88 years, 250days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.  | Taylor, William Sylvester(1853-1928) —also known asWilliam S. Taylor;W. S. Taylor;"Hogjaw" —of Morgantown,ButlerCounty, Ky.Born in alogcabin inButlerCounty, Ky.,October10, 1853.Republican.Lawyer;state court judge in Kentucky, 1886; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1888,1900;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1896-99;Governor ofKentucky, 1899-1900;indictedin 1900 as a conspirator in theassassinationofWilliamJ. Goebel;fledto Indiana; never extradited;pardonedin 1909 by Gov.AugustusE. Willson.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,August2, 1928 (age74 years, 297days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Taylor, William V. — ofBaltimore,Md.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaryland,2000,2004.Still living as of 2004. | | Taylor, William W. — of South Dakota. Republican.SouthDakota state treasurer, 1891-95.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, William W. — of Phillipsburg,WarrenCounty, N.J.Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1912;Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1912.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Mrs. Willie — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1936.Female.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Willoughby P. — of Ashland,HanoverCounty, Va.Republican. Postmaster atAshland,Va., 1952-53, 1956-68 (acting, 1952-53, 1956).Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Wilson A. — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Republican. Circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1927. Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Wood — ofRoaneCounty, W.Va.Member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Roane County, 1923-26.Burial location unknown. | | Taylor, Yvonne — of Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMinnesota,1984.Female.Still living as of 1984.  | Taylor, Zachary(1784-1850) —also known as"Old Rough and Ready" — Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,November24, 1784.Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in theU.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;Presidentof the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died, probably ofgastroenteritis,in theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,July 9,1850 (age65 years, 227days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remainswere tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm thetheory.Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or familygraveyard; reinterment in 1926 atZacharyTaylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married,June 21,1810, toMargaretMackall Smith (niece ofBenjaminMackall IV andThomasMackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who marriedJeffersonFinis Davis); granduncle ofEdmundHaynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** ofVictorD. Crist; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; first cousin thrice removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; second cousin ofJamesMadison andWilliamTaylor Madison; second cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,JohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton,GeorgeMadison,ColebyChew,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner andThomasLeonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWalker,JohnTyler (1747-1813) andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton,SidneyFletcher Taliaferro,DanielMicajah Pendleton andMaxRogers Strother; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton; third cousin ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,MeriwetherLewis,RichardAylett Buckner,HenryGaines Johnson,JohnLee,JohnTyler (1790-1862),PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,WilliamBarret Pendleton,JamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,BickertonLyle Winston andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnLee Carroll,CharlesKellogg,JamesSansome Lakin andEdwardBrooke Lee; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,ThomasWalker Gilmer,AyletteBuckner,DavidGardiner Tyler andLyonGardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck. | | | | Political families:Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnsonfamily of Maryland;Taylor-Brodheadfamily of Easton, Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:DavidR. Atchison —ThomasEwing | | | | Taylor counties inFla.,Ga.,Iowa andKy. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ZacharyT. Coy—ZackT. Sutley—ZacharyT. Bielby—ZacharyT. Nixon—ZacharyT. Harris—ZacharyT. Malaby—ZacharyT. Davis—ZackSpace | | | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylornever surrenders." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. JackBauer,ZacharyTaylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the OldSouthwest — Elbert B. Smith,ThePresidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Taylor, Zachary(1849-1921) —of Covington,TiptonCounty, Tenn.; Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Brownsville,HaywoodCounty, Tenn.,May 9,1849.Republican.Lawyer;insurancebusiness; postmaster atCovington,Tenn., 1881-83; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1881-83;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1885-87; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Tennessee,1896(ConventionVice-President).Died in Ellendale,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,February19, 1921 (age71 years, 286days).Interment atZacharyTaylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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