William Taylor (Virginia)

William Taylor ( born April 5, 1788 in Alexandria, Virginia; † January 17, 1846 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1846 he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Taylor attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer in Staunton, he began to work in this profession. In 1813 he moved his residence and his law firm to Lexington. Between 1817 and 1843 he was a prosecutor in Rockbridge County and Pocahontas County, now part of West Virginia. In 1821 he moved into the House of Representatives from Virginia. Later he became a member of the founded by Andrew Jackson in 1828 Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Taylor was elected the eleventh electoral district of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of John Botts on March 4, 1843. After a re-election, he could remain until his death on January 17, 1846 in Congress. During this time he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts. Since 1845 the work of the Congress was shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War.