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TAYLOR, John, senator, born near the present site of Columbia, South Carolina, 4 May, 1770; died in Columbia, South Carolina, 16 April, 1832. He was graduated at Princeton in 1790, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1793, and practised for a few years in Columbia, but made planting his chief business. He was a representative and senator in the legislature of South Carolina for many years, was elected to congress in 1806, and re-elected in 1808. On 3 December, 1810, he took his place in the United States senate, having been chosen to supply the vacancy that was caused by the resignation of Thomas Sumter. In 1816 he resigned his seat and was returned to the National house of representatives. He was again elected to the state senate in 1822, and in December, 1826, after being defeated as a candidate for re-election by Wade Hampton, was elected governor by the legislature, serving till 1828.
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