Alfred A. Taylor

Alfred A. Taylor

Alfred Alexander Taylor, nickname Alf Taylor (August 6, 1848 – November 25, 1931), was a lawyer and politician, serving as United States Congressman from 1889–1895, and later elected the 31st Governor of Tennessee, serving from 1921 to 1923. Notably, in 1886 he lost the gubernatorial race to his younger brother Robert, a Democrat.

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