Career As A Lawyer and Legislator
He was a man of intellectual tastes and capacity, and educated himself after leaving school, so that he subsequently was admitted to the Vermont Bar Association, and practiced law. He served many years in the Vermont House of Representatives. He was judge of the Probate and County Courts of Windham County, Vermont.". Peter Rawson Taft I's son, Alphonso, was born in Townshend, Vermont. Peter Rawson Taft I, later moved with his family to Cincinnati, and the Taft Family grew to be a political dynasty in Cincinnati and Hamilton County as well as the State of Ohio, and the USA.
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