{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = | office = Member of the New York State Senate<br>from the 11th District | term_start = January 1, 1852 | term_end = December 31, 1853 | predecessor = Stephen H. Johnson | successor = Clarkson F. Crosby | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1798|05|01}} | birth_place = Knox, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1858|06|10|1798|05|01}} | death_place = Rensselaer County, New York, U.S. | resting_place = Albany Rural Cemetery | alma_mater = | spouse = | parents = | children = | profession = | party = Whig | awards = }} '''Azor Taber''' (May 1, 1798 – June 10, 1858) was an American politician from New York.
==Early life== Taber was born on May 1, 1798, in Knox, a town in Albany County, New York. He was the son of Gideon Chapman Taber (1764–1847) and Rebecca (née Willis) Taber (1775–1827).<ref name="DAR1915">{{cite book |last1=Revolution |first1=Daughters of the American |title=Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution |date=1915 |publisher=Daughters of the American Revolution |page=203 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GcZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA203 |accessdate=17 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== After receiving a classical education, he entered the office of John Lansing Jr., then Chancellor of New York, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and began practicing in Albany.<ref name="Buff1848">{{cite news |title=The Old Supreme Court and Court of Chancery. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31662906/the_old_supreme_court_and_court_of/ |accessdate=17 May 2019 |work=Buffalo Weekly Republic |date=1 Feb 1848 |page=3 |language=en}}</ref> In 1833, he formed a partnership with Amos Dean, and, reportedly, he was ranked among the ablest attorneys of the city and gained a large and profitable business, and was known by the nickname "Razor Tabor".<ref name="Edwards1867">{{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=Charles |title=Pleasantries about Courts and Lawyers of the State of New York |date=1867 |publisher=Richardson |page=[https://archive.org/details/pleasantriesabo00edwagoog/page/n516 514] |url=https://archive.org/details/pleasantriesabo00edwagoog |accessdate=17 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
He was a member of the New York State Senate (11th D.) in 1852 and 1853.<ref name="Hough1858">{{cite book |last1=Hough |first1=Franklin Benjamin |title=The New York Civil List: Containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time |date=1858 |publisher=Weed, Parsons and Co. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newyorkcivillis00houggoog/page/n163 137], 140, 230, 268, 331 |url=https://archive.org/details/newyorkcivillis00houggoog |accessdate=17 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In 1854, Tabor retired from practice due to ill health and returned to Knox.<ref name="1891Hutchins">{{cite book |last1=Hutchins |first1=Stephen C. |title=Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York |date=1891 |publisher=Weed, Parsons & Company |page=636 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnY0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA636 |accessdate=17 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Tabor was twice married. His first marriage was to Sarah Todd (1801–1834).<ref name="sewardprojectv">{{cite web |title=Sarah Tabor (Todd) |url=https://sewardproject.org/person-public-fields/70390 |website=sewardproject.org |publisher=Seward Family Digital Archive |accessdate=17 May 2019}}</ref> Together, they were the parents of:<ref name="DAR1915"/>
* Paul Todd Taber (1827–1852), who became a doctor and married Elizabeth Wright (1830–1873) in 1851. * Julia Mervin Taber (1830–1899), who married Robert Coats Martin (1823–1906) in 1854.<ref name="DAR1915"/> * Mary Taber (1831–1855), who died unmarried. * Susan Edwards Taber (1834–1914), who married a Roman named Borgialli.
After the death of his first wife in 1834, he remarried to her younger sister, Catherine Ann Elizabeth Todd (1804–1840). They were the parents of one child before her death in 1840:
* Sarah Taber (1839–1888)
Tabor died on June 10, 1855, in Rensselaer County, New York.<ref name="Obit1858">{{cite news |title=DEATH |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31662844/death/ |accessdate=17 May 2019 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=13 Jun 1858 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/portrait-azor-taber-35715 Portrait of Azor Taber] by Frederick Fink, {{Circa|1837}}, at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
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