Jonathan Taylor (congressman)

Jonathan Taylor was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1839 to 1841.

Biography

Born near Mansfield, Connecticut, Taylor moved to Newark, Ohio.
He completed an academic course.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Newark.

Early political career

He was appointed by the Governor a commissioner to settle the boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan.
Brigadier general in the State militia.
He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1831 to 1833, and in the Ohio Senate from 1833 to 1836.

Congress

Taylor was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress.

Death and burial

He died in Newark, Ohio, in April 1848 and was interred in the Old Cemetery.
He was reinterred in Cedar Hill Cemetery.