Vincent Albert Taylor (December 6, 1845 – December 2, 1922) was a soldier, businessman, and single-term

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from

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from 1891 to 1893.

Biography

Born in

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, Taylor attended the common schools.

Civil War

During the

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, he enlisted in May 1864 in Company H, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a Hundred Days Regiment. In August of the same year, he enrolled in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served until the close of the war. After mustering out of the service, he returned to Bedford and engaged in manufacturing pursuits. He served as member of the

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1888-1890.

Congress

Taylor was elected as a

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to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892.

Later career and death

He served as president of the

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in Bedford until his death there December 2, 1922. Taylor was interred in Bedford Cemetery.

References

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