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American politician
John Taylor
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In office
December 9, 1826 ? December 10, 1828
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Lieutenant
| James Witherspoon
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Preceded by
| Richard Irvine Manning I
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Succeeded by
| Stephen Decatur Miller
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In office
November 23, 1818 – November 27, 1826
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Preceded by
| John Hopkins
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Succeeded by
| Wade Hampton III
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In office
December 31, 1810 ? November 1816
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Preceded by
| Thomas Sumter
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Succeeded by
| William Smith
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In office
March 4, 1807 ? December 30, 1810
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Preceded by
| O'Brien Smith
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Succeeded by
| William Lowndes
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In office
November 28, 1796 – November 22, 1802
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Born
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1770-05-04
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May 4, 1770
Granby
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Province of South Carolina
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British America
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Died
| April 16, 1832
(1832-04-16)
(aged 61)
Camden
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South Carolina
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U.S.
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Political party
| Democratic-Republican
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Alma mater
| College of New Jersey
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Profession
| lawyer
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politician
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John Taylor
(May 4, 1770 – April 16, 1832) was the
51st
Governor of South Carolina
from 1826 to 1828.
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He was born May 4, 1770, in
Granby
in the
Province of South Carolina
. He attended Mount Zion Institute in
Winnsboro, South Carolina
, and graduated in 1790 from the College of New Jersey (now
Princeton University
) and became a
lawyer
. He opened his practice in Columbia but also had farming interests.
After school, Taylor served in the
South Carolina House of Representatives
from 1796 to 1802 and again from 1804 to 1805. He was elected to the
United States House of Representatives
in 1807, and served there until he became a U.S. Senator in 1810 filling the vacancy left by
Thomas Sumter
. He was elected to serve a full term beginning in 1811. As senator, he was known for his especially persuasible personality. While also serving the senate, he developed the first version of what is now known as the Taylor foundation. This foundation is a gathering of aspiring politicians to come together and talk and help each other. But soon afterwards he left federal service in 1816 and returned to his home state to become a South Carolina state senator from 1818 to 1826.
Taylor was elected to state governor in 1826. He also served as a trustee of South Carolina College (now the
University of South Carolina
) and as director of the
Columbia Theological Seminary
. His term in office was primarily known for rallying the state to oppose federal tariffs. He died in 1832 in
Camden, South Carolina
.
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