Joseph Henry Tayler (February 7, 1859 – May 25, 1959) was an American banker and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
He lived nearly his entire life in this area, and Fort Howard was absorbed into the city of Green Bay in 1895.
[1] Throughout his business career, Tayler was active in local politics with the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
Fort Howard was absorbed into the city of Green Bay in 1895, and Tayler was subsequently elected to a two-year term as mayor of Green Bay in 1902, defeating the incumbent mayor Simon J. Murphy, Jr.[2] Tayler did not run for re-election in 1904.
[6] He was arrested from a hospital bed in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, where doctors claimed he was suffering from a heart lesion.
[8] He returned to Green Bay and obtained employment as a bookkeeper for a grocery business, where he worked until age 93.