TAYLOR, John W. (1784-1854)
Anti-Jacksonian of New York 
17th congressional district
Served in House 1813-1833
Biography
Representative from New York; born in Charlton, N.Y., March 26, 1784; received his early education at home; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1803; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Ballston Spa, N.Y.; organized the Ballston Center Academy; justice of the peace in 1808; member of the New York state assembly, 1812-1813; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Thirteenth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses; reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress; reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and to the succeeding Congress; and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-first and to the succeeding Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1833); chair, Committee on Elections (Fourteenth through Sixteenth Congresses); chair, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Fifteenth Congress); Speaker of the House (Sixteenth and Nineteenth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; resumed the practice of law in Ballston Spa, N.Y.; member of the New York state senate, 1840-1841, but resigned in consequence of a paralytic stroke; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1843, and died there September 18, 1854; interment in the Ballston Spa Village Cemetery, Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N.Y.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Notice: By custom, the Speaker of the House rarely votes. Votes for TAYLOR, John W. may appear to be missing as a result.
