Daniel G. Taylor

Daniel G. Taylor (November 15, 1819– October 8, 1878) was the 17th mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, serving from 1861 to 1863.

Early Life

Taylor worked as a steamboat captain on the Ohio River and Mississippi River. In 1845, he head the steamer Clairmont across the Yellowstone River for a fur-trading expedition of Pierre Chouteau. Taylor founded the steamboat agency of Taylor & Hopkins. He was also head of the Boatmen's Insurance & Trust Company. ^[1]

Career

Taylor became a councilman for St. Louis between in 1852 and 1855. Taylor became a Republican in opposition of secession of the Confederate States of America. He, never-the-less, held racist views like many of his constituents. Taylor did not support the GOP platform of abolitionism and emancipation. Thus, Taylor emerged behind the so-called "Union Anti-Black Republican." He successfully won the St. Louis mayorial election of 1861. After the Civil War, Taylor worked as treasurer from 1870 through 1872.^[1]

Personal Life

Taylor had two children with his first wife, Angelique Henri: Angelique and Sallie. His wife died in a riverboat explosion, and Sallie died in 1858.^[2] Taylor remarried to Emilie LeBeau in 1860, and had three children: Zoe Tracy, Grace V., and Daniel G. Sallie.^[1]

References

External links

• Daniel G. Taylor at the St. Louis Public Library: St. Louis Mayors website.

Mayors of St. Louis, Missouri
Lane Page Johnston Darby Daggett Maguire Wimer Pratte Camden Mullanphy Krum Barry Kennett How King O. Filley Taylor C. Filley Thomas Cole Brown Barret Britton Overstolz Ewing Francis Noonan Walbridge Ziegenhein Wells Kreismann Kiel Miller Dickmann Becker Kaufmann Darst Tucker Cervantes Poelker Conway Schoemehl Bosley Harmon Slay Krewson