Samuel McIntire Taylor

Samuel McIntire Taylor was a Republican politician in the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Secretary of State from 1893-1897.

Samuel McIntire Taylor
27th Ohio Secretary of State
In office
January 9, 1893 – January 11, 1897
GovernorWilliam McKinley
Asa S. Bushnell
Preceded byChristian L. Poorman
Succeeded byCharles Kinney
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Champaign County district
In office
January 2, 1888 – January 8, 1893
Preceded byThomas E. Cowgill
Succeeded byThomas E. Hunter
Personal details
Born(1856-07-24)July 24, 1856
Champaign County, Ohio
DiedDecember 7, 1916(1916-12-07) (aged 60)
Birmingham, England
Resting placeOak Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio
Political partyRepublican
Alma materOhio Wesleyan University
Cincinnati Law School

Samuel Taylor was born July 24, 1856 in Champaign County, Ohio. He attended country schools and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1882, where he was Phi Gamma Delta, and the Cincinnati Law School, where he graduated in 1884.[1] He located in Urbana, Ohio, where he practiced.[2] 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.[3] He resigned when elected in 1892 to Ohio Secretary of State, and then was re-elected in 1894.[2]

After leaving office in 1897, Taylor was appointed consul to Glasgow, Scotland, by President McKinley.[1] He was transferred to Callao, Peru in 1906, and served there until 1910.[1] He was appointed consul to Birmingham, England, in 1913, and served there until his death from influenza in that city, December 7, 1916.[1] He was buried at Oak Dale Cemetery in Urbana.[4][5]

Notes
  1. Phi Gamma Delta 1917 : 519
  2. Smith 1898 : 632
  3. Ohio 1917 : 296
  4. Samuel McIntire Taylor at Find a Grave
  5. http://lostnewengland.com/tag/samuel-mcintire/
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References
  • Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
  • Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly. State of Ohio.
  • The Phi Gamma Delta. 39. Phi Gamma Delta. April 1917. p. 519.
Political offices
Preceded by
Christian L. Poorman		 Secretary of State of Ohio
1897–1901		 Succeeded by
Charles Kinney
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