James Andrew Taylor (September 8, 1835 – February 15, 1906) was an American businessman, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
As a young man, he moved to Lansing, Iowa, then came to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in 1854.
He worked for the merchant company H. S. Allen & Co., clerking aboard their steamboat during the summers, and in their stores in the winters.
[2] He constructed the Gravel Island mill in 1864, which he sold to the French Lumbering Company in 1875.
Chippewa Falls was incorporated as a city in 1869, and at their first election, in 1870, Taylor was chosen as mayor.