James Taliaferro

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James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847-October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911

Born in Orange, Virginia, Orange County, Virginia; attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie School in Greenwood, Virginia; during the American Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1864 and served until the close of the war; resumed his studies in college; moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1866; engaged in the lumber business and other commercial enterprises; also engaged in the building of railroads; president of the First National Bank of Tampa; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1899; appointed and subsequently reelected in 1905 and served from April 20, 1899, to March 3, 1911; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Sixtieth Congress), Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Sixty-first Congress); again resumed his former business and commercial pursuits in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, until 1920 when he retired from active business pursuits; died in Jacksonville; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.

Preceded by Samuel Pasco

United States Senator (Class 1) from Florida 1899–1911 Served alongside: Stephen Mallory, William James Bryan, William H. Milton, Duncan U. Fletcher

Succeeded by Nathan P. Bryan

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.