Horace Adolphus Taylor

Hod Taylor[1] (May 24, 1837 – August 5, 1910), was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

[1][2][3] He moved to River Falls, Wisconsin, in 1855.

He founded the River Falls Journal with his brother Lute Taylor in 1857.

[1] He died on August 5, 1910, at his home in Washington, D.C.[1][5] Taylor was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876 and 1884 and was Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin from 1883 to 1887.

In the same year, he was appointed United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and remained in the position until 1906.