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1.1  Congress  





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Taylor Webster
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839
Preceded byThomas Corwin
Succeeded byJohn B. Weller
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Butler County district
In office
December 5, 1831 – December 2, 1832

Serving with Jesse Corwin

Preceded byJohn Crane
B. Vangorden
Succeeded byElijah Vance
James Comstock
Personal details
Born(1800-10-01)October 1, 1800
Pennsylvania, US
DiedApril 27, 1876(1876-04-27) (aged 75)
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Resting placeLafayette Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans
Political partyJacksonian
Democratic
Alma materMiami University

Taylor Webster (October 1, 1800 – April 27, 1876) was an American newspaperman and politician who served three terms as a United States Representative from Ohio's 2nd congressional district from 1833 to 1839.

Biography[edit]

Born in Pennsylvania, Webster moved with his parents to Ohio in 1806, where he received a limited schooling. He briefly attended Miami UniversityinOxford, Ohio. He was editor and publisher of The Western TelegraphinHamilton, Ohio, from 1828 to 1836. He served as clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1829 and as a member of that body from 1831 to 1832.

Congress[edit]

Webster was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839). From 1842 to 1846, he was clerk of court of Butler County, Ohio. Thereafter he resumed his business pursuits.

Later career and death[edit]

In 1863, he relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana, to work in a clerical position and died there fourteen years later. He is interred at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans.

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    Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

    U.S. House of Representatives
    Preceded by

    Thomas Corwin

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Ohio's 2nd congressional district

    1833-1839
    Succeeded by

    John B. Weller


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