Edward L. Taylor Jr.

Edward Livingston Taylor Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th district
In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	De Witt C. Badger
Succeeded by	Clement L. Brumbaugh
Personal details
Born	(1869-08-10)August 10, 1869 Columbus, Ohio
Died	March 10, 1938(1938-03-10) (aged 68) Columbus, Ohio
Resting place	Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Marie Agnes Firestone

Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. (August 10, 1869 – March 10, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Edward and Kathryn (Myers) Taylor. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the Columbus High School. He studied law. He married Marie Firestone Taylor.

He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in Columbus. He served as prosecuting attorney of Franklin County 1899-1904.

Taylor was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1913). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. He continued the practice of law in Columbus, Ohio, until his death of throat and larynx cancer on March 10, 1938 at his modest home on Granville Street in the Woodland Park neighborhood of Columbus. He was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.

Taylor married Marie Agnes Firestone of Columbus on January 4, 1894. She was the daughter of Clinton D. Firestone, president of the Columbus Buggy Company, a carriage and vehicle factory and early automobile manufacturer.^[1]

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Sources

• United States Congress. "Edward L. Taylor Jr. (id: T000071)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 

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