John L. Taylor Explained

Birthname:John Lampkin Taylor
John L. Taylor
State:Ohio
Constituency: (1847-1853)
(1853-1855)
Term Start:March 4, 1847
Term End:March 3, 1855
Preceded:Allen G. Thurman
Succeeded:Oscar F. Moore
Party:Whig
Birth Date:7 March 1805
Birth Place:Fredericksburg, Virginia
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Restingplace:Louisa, Virginia

John Lampkin Taylor (March 7, 1805  - September 6, 1870) was a 19th-century American lawyer who was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for four terms from 1847 to 1855.

Biography

Born in Stafford County, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taylor completed preparatory studies.He studied law in Washington, D.C..

Early career

He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and started practice in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1829.

He was a major general in the State militia for several years.

Congress

Taylor was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1855).

Later career and death

He served as a clerk in the United States Department of the Interior from May 1, 1870, until his sudden death at his desk in Washington, D.C., September 6, 1870.He was interred in the family burying ground on the Taylor ancestral estate, "Mansfield," near Louisa, Virginia.