George Washington Taylor
Taylor in a 1902 engraving
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district
In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	Richard Henry Clarke
Succeeded by	Oscar Lee Gray
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
In office 1878-1879
Personal details
Born	(1849-01-16)January 16, 1849 Montgomery, Alabama, US
Died	December 21, 1932(1932-12-21) (aged 83) Rome, Georgia, US
Resting place	Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama, US
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Margaretta Metcalf
Alma mater	University of South Carolina at Columbia
Occupation	Attorney, Politician
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States
Branch/service	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1864-1865
Rank	Private
Unit	1st South Carolina Cavalry[1]
Battles/wars	American Civil War

George Washington Taylor (January 16, 1849 – December 21, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Biography

Born on "Roselawn" plantation near Montgomery, Alabama, Taylor attended private schools. While a schoolboy in Columbia, South Carolina, Taylor enlisted in the Confederate States Army in November 1864, and served until the end of the war. Taylor graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1867. He then taught school in Mobile, Alabama, and studied law. Taylor was admitted to the bar in Mobile, Alabama, in November 1871 and commenced practice in Butler, Alabama, in 1872. He was a member of the State house of representatives in 1878 and 1879. Taylor was State solicitor for the first judicial circuit of Alabama from 1880–1892. He declined a third term, and moved to Demopolis, Alabama, in 1883.^[2]

Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915).^[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914, and resumed the practice of law in Demopolis, Alabama. He was chairman of the State Democratic convention which called the constitutional convention in 1901. Taylor was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920. He died in Rome, Georgia, while on a visit to that city, on December 21, 1932. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.^[2]