Edward T. Taylor
U.S. Congressperson
1858 – 1941
Who was Edward T. Taylor?
Edward Thomas Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.
Taylor was born on a farm near Metamora, Illinois. He attended the common schools of Illinois and Kansas, and graduated from the high school at Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1881. Taylor moved to Leadville, Colorado and was principal of Leadville High School from 1881 to 1882. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1884. admitted to the bar the same year, he returned to Leadville and commenced the practice of law.
Taylor served as superintendent of schools of Lake County in 1884, and as deputy district attorney in 1885. He moved to Glenwood Springs, Colorado in 1887 and resumed private practice. Taylor served as district attorney of the ninth judicial district from 1887 to 1889.
He served in the Colorado Senate from 1896 to 1908 and served as president pro tempore for one term. Taylor was city attorney from 1896 to 1900 and county attorney in 1901 and 1902.
Taylor was elected to the 61st United States Congress as a Democrat in the 1908 election and was reelected to the 16 succeeding Congresses, served from March 4, 1909, until his death in Denver, Colorado on September 3, 1941. Taylor served as chairman of the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands and Committee on Appropriations.
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- Born
- Jun 19, 1858
Metamora - Also known as
- Edward Taylor
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Michigan Law School
( - 1884)
- University of Michigan Law School
- Employment
- Superintendent, Lake County School District
(1884 - 1885)
- Superintendent, Lake County School District
- Lived in
- Glenwood Springs
(1887 - )
- Glenwood Springs
- Died
- Sep 3, 1941
Denver - Resting place
- Rosebud Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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