Samuel McIntire Taylor was a Republican politician in the

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and

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from 1893 to 1897.

Early life

Samuel Taylor was born July 24, 1856, in

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. He attended country schools and graduated from

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in 1882, where he was

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, and the

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, where he graduated in 1884.

Career

Taylor moved to

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, where he practiced. p. 632 He was elected in 1887 to represent Champaign County in the 68th General Assembly and re-elected 1889 and 1891 to the 69th and 70th, from which he resigned. He resigned when elected in 1892 to Ohio Secretary of State and then was re-elected in 1894. After leaving office in 1897, Taylor was appointed

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, by President

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. He was transferred to

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in 1906, and served there until 1910. He was appointed consul to

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, in 1913.

Personal life

Taylor died from influenza in Birmingham, England on December 7, 1916. He was buried at Oak Dale Cemetery in Urbana.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Samuel McIntire Secretaries of state of Ohio People from Champaign County, Ohio Ohio lawyers 1856 births Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Ohio Wesleyan University alumni American diplomats 1916 deaths University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni People from Urbana, Ohio 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly