John Peroutt Taylor (1855 – September 5, 1930), also known as John Pervatt Taylor, was a Democratic

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politician and legislator who was the

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from 1916 to 1920.

Biography

John Peroutt Taylor was born in the year 1855, in

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. He was the son of Benjamin B. and Elizabeth Frances Taylor. He graduated from

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with a medical degree in 1881 and started practicing medicine. He was also a farmer. He was elected to represent Montgomery County as a

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in the

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in November 1891. He served there from 1892 to 1906. He was elected to the

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in 1911, representing the 26th District, which composed of Carroll and Montgomery Counties. In 1915, he was elected the

. He served in this position from January 17, 1916 to January 19, 1920. He died on September 5, 1930, in Winona, Mississippi.

Personal life

Taylor was a devout

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. He never married. His cousin,

Walter Nesbit Taylor Walter Nesbit Taylor (January 23, 1874 - November 27, 1956) was an American educator and a Mississippi state senator, representing the state's 12th district as a Democrat, from 1924 to 1936. Biography Walter Nesbit Taylor was born on January ...

, was also a Mississippi state senator.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, John Peroutt 1855 births 1930 deaths People from Carroll County, Mississippi People from Winona, Mississippi Democratic Party Mississippi state senators Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives State treasurers of Mississippi Vanderbilt University alumni