Biography

10/23/1829 - 08/28/1888

TAYLOR, James M., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, October 23, 1829 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; bricklayer (1846-1859); tobacco manufacturer; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1868; reelected to the House to serve 3 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1872); elected, council, Pittsburgh; member, poor board, Pittsburgh; died, August 28, 1888 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.