Benjamin I. Taylor
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Benjamin Irving Taylor (December 21, 1877 - September 5, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in New York City, Taylor attended the public schools. He was graduated from the high school in New Rochelle, New York, and from Columbia Law School in New York City in 1899. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Port Chester, New York. Supervisor of Harrison, Westchester County from 1905 to 1913.
Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Port Chester, New York.
Taylor was again elected supervisor of Harrison, New York, in 1921, and served in that capacity, with the exception of two years, until December 1945. He died in Harrison, New York, September 5, 1946. He was interred in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.
