Jonathan Taylor (congressman)
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Biography
Born near Mansfield, Connecticut, Taylor moved to Newark, Ohio. He completed an academic course. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Newark.
Early political career
He was appointed by the Governor a commissioner to settle the boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan. Brigadier general in the State militia. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1831 to 1833, and in the Ohio Senate from 1833 to 1836.
Congress
Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841).
Death and burial
He died in Newark, Ohio, in April 1848 and was interred in the Old Cemetery. He was reinterred in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Sources
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- 1796 births
- 1848 deaths
- Politicians from Newark, Ohio
- Democratic Party Ohio state senators
- Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Ohio lawyers
- People from Ohio in the War of 1812
- American surveyors
- American militia generals
- Burials at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio
- People from Mansfield, Connecticut
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly