John L. Taylor

John Lampkin Taylor
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 8th district
In office March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
Preceded by	Allen G. Thurman
Succeeded by	Moses Bledso Corwin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	Charles Sweetser
Succeeded by	Oscar F. Moore
Personal details
Born	March 7, 1805 Fredericksburg, Virginia
Died	September 6, 1870 (aged 65) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Louisa, Virginia
Political party	Whig

John Lampkin Taylor (March 7, 1805 – September 6, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Stafford County, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taylor completed preparatory studies. He studied law in Washington, D.C.. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1829. He served as a major general in the State militia for several years.

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

Sources

• John L. Taylor at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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