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Samuel M. Taylor
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 6th district
In office January 15, 1913 – September 13, 1921
Preceded by	Joseph T. Robinson
Succeeded by	Chester W. Taylor
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office 1879–1880
Personal details
Born	Samuel Mitchell Taylor (1852-05-25)May 25, 1852 near Fulton, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	September 13, 1921(1921-09-13) (aged 69) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Bellewood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Children	Chester
Profession	Politician, lawyer

Samuel Mitchell Taylor (May 25, 1852 – September 13, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of Chester W. Taylor.

Born near Fulton, Mississippi, Taylor attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Tupelo, Mississippi, and commenced practice in 1876. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1879 and 1880. He moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in 1887, where he continued the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney of the eleventh judicial district of Arkansas 1888-1892. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896.

Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress.

Taylor was subsequently elected to the Sixty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph T. Robinson. He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 15, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 13, 1921. He was interred in Bellewood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

• United States Congress. "Samuel M. Taylor (id: T000100)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Samuel M. Taylor, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1922

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

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1st district Greenwood Hindman Roots Hanks Hodges Gause Dunn Cate Featherstone Cate McCulloch Macon Caraway Driver Gathings Alexander Lincoln Berry Crawford 2nd district Warren Rust Warren Rust Hinds Elliott A. A. C. Rogers O. P. Snyder Slemons Jones Breckinridge Little Brundidge W. Oldfield P. Oldfield Miller Mills Tucker Bethune T. Robinson Thornton V. Snyder Griffin Hill 3rd district Boles Edwards Boles Wilshire Gunter Wilshire J. Cravens J. H. Rogers McRae Dinsmore Floyd Tillman Fuller Ellis Fulbright Trimble Hammerschmidt T. Hutchinson A. Hutchinson Boozman Womack 4th district Gunter Peel J. H. Rogers W. Terry Reid Little W. B. Cravens O. Wingo E. Wingo W. B. Cravens W. F. Cravens Tackett Harris Pryor Thornton Anthony Dickey Ross Cotton Westerman 5th district Peel Dinsmore Reid Jacoway Ragon D. Terry Hays Alford 6th district Neill Brundidge J. Robinson S. Taylor C. Taylor Sawyer Reed Glover McClellan W. Norrell C. Norrell 7th district Wallace Goodwin Parks Kitchens Harris

• 1852 births
• 1921 deaths
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
• Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
• People from Fulton, Mississippi
• Politicians from Pine Bluff, Arkansas
• 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 19th-century members of the Mississippi Legislature