Arthur H. Taylor
{{Short description|Canada-born American politician (1852–1922)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Arthur Herbert Taylor
|image = Arthur H. Taylor (Indiana Congressman).jpg
|state = Indiana
|district = {{ushr|IN|1|1st}}
|term_start = March 4, 1893
|term_end = March 3, 1895
|predecessor = William F. Parrett
|successor = James A. Hemenway
|birth-date =
|birth_place = Caledonia Springs, Ontario, Canada
|death_date = {{death date and age|1922|02|20|1852|02|29}}
|death_place =
}}
Arthur Herbert Taylor (February 29, 1852 – February 20, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1893 to 1895.
Biography
Born at Caldonia Springs, Canada West, Taylor moved with his parents to Yates County, New York, in 1856. He attended the local school. He taught school for several years, and then moved to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1869 to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. He moved to Petersburg, Indiana, in 1874 and continued the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney for the eleventh judicial circuit of Indiana 1880–1884.
=Congress =
Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.
=Later career and death =
He resumed the practice of law in Petersburg, Indiana, until his death February 20, 1922. He was interred in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
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|state = Indiana
|district = 1
|before = William F. Parrett
|after = James A. Hemenway
|years = March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
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Category:Emigrants from pre-Confederation Ontario to the United States
Category:People from the United Counties of Prescott and Russell
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
Category:People from Petersburg, Indiana
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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