Robert Love Taylor
| Robert Love Taylor | |
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| 24th Governor of Tennessee | |
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In office January 17, 1887 – January 19, 1891 |
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| Preceded by | William B. Bate |
| Succeeded by | John P. Buchanan |
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In office January 21, 1897 – January 16, 1899 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Turney |
| Succeeded by | Benton McMillin |
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United States Senator from Tennessee |
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In office March 4, 1907 – March 31, 1912 |
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| Preceded by | Edward W. Carmack |
| Succeeded by | Newell Sanders |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
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| Preceded by | James H. Randolph |
| Succeeded by | Augustus H. Pettibone |
| Personal details | |
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July 31, 1850 Carter County, Tennessee |
| Died | March 31, 1912 (aged 61) Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Monte Vista Memorial Park Johnson City, Tennessee |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Baird Alice Hill Mamie St. John |
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Nathaniel Green Taylor (father) Alfred A. Taylor (brother) Landon Carter Haynes (uncle) Nathaniel Edwin Harris (cousin) |
| Profession | Attorney, lecturer, editor |
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Robert Love "Bob" Taylor (July 31, 1850 – March 31, 1912) was an American politician, writer, and lecturer. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1887 to 1891, and again from 1897 to 1899, and subsequently served as a United States Senator from 1907 until his death. He also represented Tennessee's 1st district in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881, the last Democrat to hold that district's house seat.
A charismatic speaker, Taylor is remembered for defeating his older brother, Alfred A. "Alf" Taylor, in the 1886 gubernatorial campaign known as "The War of the Roses." This campaign involved storytelling, fiddle-playing, and practical jokes, standing in contrast to the state's previous gubernatorial campaigns, which typically involved fierce rhetoric and personal attacks. Though Robert Taylor won, Alfred Taylor would serve as governor in the early 1920s.
Along with politics, Taylor was a public lecturer and magazine editor. He published several collections of his lectures and short stories in the 1890s and early 1900s, and was co-editor of the Taylor-Trotwood Magazine.
Taylor was born in Happy Valley in Carter County, Tennessee, the third son of Nathaniel Green Taylor, a Methodist minister, and Emmaline Haynes, an accomplished pianist. His father, a member of the Whig Party, had been defeated by Andrew Johnson in a campaign for Congress in 1849, but would win the seat in the mid-1850s. His mother's family supported the Democratic Party, and her brother, Landon Carter Haynes, was a prominent Democratic politician. Robert Taylor would adopt his mother's political leanings and become a Democrat, while his older brother, Alfred, would follow his father into the Whig (and later Republican) Party.
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