City: Nashville
TAYLOR, Robert Love, U. S. Senator; born Happy Valley, Carter Co., Tenn., July 31, 1850; son of Nathaniel G. and Emily (Haynes) TAYLOR; father was Member of Congress and Commissioner of Indian Affairs; received academic education at Princeton, N. J.; Democrat, member of 46th Congress (1879-81) from 1st Tenn. District; Presidential Elector at Large 1884, 1892; Pension Agent at Knoxville, Tenn., 1885-87; nominated for Governor of Tennessee by Democratic party 1910; Governor of Tennessee three terms, 1887-91, 1897-99; U. S. Senator 1907; admitted to bar 1878, and practiced law at Johnson City and Chattanooga, Tenn.; Editor-in-chief of Bob Taylor’s Magazine, 1905-06; editor the Taylor-Trotwood Magazine since 1906; married twice, first Sarah L. BAIRD, of Asheville, N. C., 1878; second, Mamie L. ST. JOHN, of Chilhowie, Va., 1904.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
