Biography

03/11/1859 - 02/06/1889

Henry S. Taylor (R8) Philadelphia (Part) County 1887-1889 

Early Life: 

Henry S. Taylor, born March 11, 1859, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; moved to Philadelphia with parents; attended, public schools; University of Pennsylvania Law-school, 1880; attorney; assistant city solicitor (Philadelphia) 1882-1886; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1887-1889; died, February 6, 1889, in the office of the Senate, pneumonia, home, 2473 Memphis Street, East Kensington Section, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown.   

Pennsylvania Politics:

Assistant city solicitor (Philadelphia) 1882-1886. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1887-1889, committee assignments, Constitutional Reform, Judiciary Reform, New County and County Seats; died, February 6, 1889, in the office of the Senate, Jacob Crouse elected March 1889 to complete term. 

Cited

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "T" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Cox, Harold. Senate1790-1869 (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1888). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 670, 676-678, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 646.