John Park Taylor (April 16, 1874 – February 24, 1934) served as District Attorney of

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, New York from 1914 to 1920, and was posthumously honored with the dedication of the John P. Taylor Federal Housing Project,

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in 1954. After his service as District Attorney, Taylor was in the private practice of Taylor & Taylor in

with his sons, U.S. Representative

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, who later served in the U.S. Congress from 1943 to 1961, and Judge Donald S. Taylor, who was later elected to the New York State Supreme Court in 1948, and appointed to the Appellate Division by Gov.

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on March 1, 1961.''The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department, 100 years of Service 1896-1996'', The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York, 1996, p. 17.
/ref> John Park Taylor died in 1934, and is interred with his sons i

Troy, N.Y.

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1874 births 1934 deaths Politicians from Troy, New York Rensselaer County district attorneys New York (state) state court judges Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) {{NewYork-state-judge-stub