John May Taylor
| John May Taylor | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
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| Preceded by | John Atkins |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin A. Enloe |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 18, 1838 Lexington, Tennessee |
| Died |
February 17, 1911 (aged 72) Lexington, Tennessee |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Amanda McHaney Taylor |
| Children |
Mary Lou Taylor Harmon William McHaney Taylor Nannie Taylor Jesse Taylor Daisy Taylor John M Taylor |
| Alma mater | Cumberland School of Law |
| Profession |
Attorney Politician Judge |
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| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch | Confederate States Army |
| Rank |
 Major (CSA) |
| Unit | 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Mary Lou Taylor Harmon William McHaney Taylor Nannie Taylor Jesse Taylor Daisy Taylor
Attorney Politician
John May Taylor (May 18, 1838 – February 17, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
Born in Lexington, Tennessee, Taylor was the son of Jesse and Mary May Taylor. He attended the Male Academy in Lexington and the Union University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1861. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Lexington. He married Amanda McHaney, October 10, 1864, with whom he had eight children.
Taylor enlisted in the Confederate States Army, and was elected first lieutenant in June 1861 and promoted to captain. He was elected major in the Twenty-seventh Tennessee Regiment in 1862.
Taylor served as mayor of Lexington in 1869 and 1870, and in 1870, he served as delegate to the State constitutional convention of Tennessee. He was the Attorney General of the eleventh judicial circuit of Tennessee from 1870 to 1878. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880, and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1881 and 1882.
Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses, Taylor served from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1887. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Forty-ninth Congress). He served as member of the State senate in 1892. He resumed the practice of law. He was appointed judge of the criminal court for the eleventh judicial circuit in 1895 and subsequently elected for a six-year term, serving until the court was abolished.
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