R. S. Taylor Explained

R. S. Taylor
State Senate:North Carolina
Term Start1:1885
Term End1:1888
Party:Republican (while serving)

R. S. Taylor was a post Reconstruction era politician in North Carolina who served in the North Carolina Senate from 1885 to 1888 representing Edgecombe County.[1] [2]

He became a justice of the peace September 1, 1873.[3]

He was a Democrat and served as the liberal executive committee chairman for Edgecombe in 1882.[4] However by 1884 when he was listed as a Republican[5] and was a speaker at republican meetings in Edgecombe.[6]

Taylor was first elected to the senate in 1885 serving the 5th district for Edgecombe as a republican.[7] He was one of two black senators in the 1885 session along with George Henry White.[8] He was described at the time in The Tarborough Southerner as a Jamaican carpetbagger.[9] He was elected for a second term to serve 1887 and 1888.[10] In March 1887 he gave a speech on disfranchisement and put forward a bill to address the issue.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Work, Monroe N. (January 1920). "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress" (PDF). The Journal of Negro History. 5 (1): 75-79. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via JSTOR.
  2. News: Negroes in State Legislature . 27 July 2024 . The Charlotte Observer . 18 August 1929 . 36.
  3. Book: State . North Carolina Secretary of . The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina: For the Year 1874 ... . 1874 . J. Turner, jr., state printer . 222 . 27 July 2024 . en.
  4. News: Edgecombe Democracy . 27 July 2024 . The Tarborough Southerner . 14 September 1882 . 3.
  5. News: Republican Convention . 27 July 2024 . The News and Observer . 3 May 1884 . 1.
  6. News: Republican Mass Meeting in Edgecombe . 27 July 2024 . Weekly State Journal . 4 June 1884 . 3.
  7. News: The General Assembly . 27 July 2024 . The News and Observer . 2 January 1885 . 4.
  8. Book: Reid . George W. . A Biography of George H. White, 1852-1918 . 1974 . Howard University . 74–75 . 27 July 2024 . en.
  9. News: R. S. Taylor . 27 July 2024 . The Tarborough Southerner . 26 February 1885 . 2.
  10. News: N. C. Legislature . 27 July 2024 . The Charlotte Observer . 6 January 1887 . 3.
  11. News: Disfranchisement - Speech of Senator R. S. Taylor . 27 July 2024 . The Raleigh Signal . 17 March 1887 . 1.

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