Samuel Mitchell Taylor (May 25, 1852 – September 13, 1921) was a

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from

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, father of

Chester W. Taylor Chester William Taylor (July 16, 1883 – July 17, 1931) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas, son of Samuel Mitchell Taylor. Biography Taylor was born in Verona, Mississippi, but moved to Pine Bluff, ...

. Born near

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, Taylor attended the public schools. He studied law. He was

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, and commenced practice in 1876. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and 1880. He moved to

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, in 1887, where he continued the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney of the eleventh judicial district of Arkansas 1888-1892. He served as delegate to the

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. Taylor was elected as a

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to the

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. Taylor was subsequently elected to the Sixty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

Joseph T. Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937) was an American politician who served as United States Senator from Arkansas from 1913 to 1937, serving for four years as Senate Majority Leader and ten as Minority Leader. A member of th ...

. He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 15, 1913, until his death in

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, September 13, 1921. He was interred in Bellewood Cemetery,

References

Samuel M. Taylor, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1922
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Samuel Mitchell 1852 births 1921 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives People from Fulton, Mississippi Politicians from Pine Bluff, Arkansas 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Mississippi Legislature

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