John L. Taylor

John Lampkin Taylor (March 7, 1805 – September 6, 1870) was a 19th-century American lawyer who was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for four terms from 1847 to 1855.

Born in Stafford County, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taylor completed preparatory studies.

He served as a clerk in the United States Department of the Interior from May 1, 1870, until his sudden death at his desk in Washington, D.C., September 6, 1870.

He was interred in the family burying ground on the Taylor ancestral estate, "Mansfield," near Louisa, Virginia.

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