William P. Taulbee
| William P. Taulbee | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | John D. White |
| Succeeded by | John Henry Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1851 Morgan County, Kentucky |
| Died | March 11, 1890 (aged 38) Washington, D. C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Methodist |
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William Preston Taulbee (October 22, 1851 – March 11, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Taulbee was a son of William Harrison Taulbee (1824–1905) and his wife, Mary Ann Wilson (1831–1916). Born near Mount Sterling, in Morgan County, Kentucky, Taulbee attended the common schools and was tutored by his father. He was ordained for the ministry and admitted to the Kentucky conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Taulbee was elected clerk of the Magoffin County Court in 1878 and reelected in 1882. He studied law.
Taulbee was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889). He was not a candidate for renomination.
He was shot by Charles E. Kincaid, a newspaper correspondent, on the east staircase of the House wing of the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., February 28, 1890, and died from the effects of the wounds at Providence Hospital, in that city, March 11, 1890.[1]
He was interred in the family burying ground near Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Blood stains from his wounds are still visible on the staircase in the Capitol Building where he was shot.[2]
References
- William P. Taulbee at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- McAfee, John J. (1886). Kentucky politicians : sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany. Louisville, Kentucky: Press of the Courier-Journal job printing company. pp. 149–152.
- ↑ The death of Congressman William Taulbee on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Office of the Historian.
- ↑ A Historic Killing in the Capitol Building, NPR, February 19, 2007
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| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by John White |
U.S. Congressman, Kentucky 10th District 1885–1889 |
Succeeded by John Henry Wilson (Kentucky) |
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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