{{short description|American politician (1790–1863)}} {{Other people|William Taylor}}

'''William Penn Taylor''' (October 25, 1790 – June 18, 1863) was a nineteenth-century congressman from [[Virginia]].

==Early life== Born in [[Fredericksburg, Virginia]], October 25, 1790, the son of Congressman [[John Taylor of Caroline|John Taylor]]. William Taylor received a limited schooling as a child.<ref>[[#bioguide|Congressional Biographical Directory, "William Taylor"]]</ref>

==Career== He held several local political offices in [[Caroline County, Virginia]], including as a delegate to the [[Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830]] where he served alongside [[Robert B. Taylor (Virginian)|Robert B. Taylor]] from Norfolk, a Brigadier General in the state militia.<ref>[[#pulliam|Pulliam 1901, p. 82]]</ref>

Taylor was elected to the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] for the session 1830/31 from [[Caroline County, Virginia]].<ref>[[#swem|Swem 1918, p. 436]]</ref>

He was elected an [[National Republican Party (United States)|Anti-Jacksonian]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1832, serving from 1833 to 1835 and being unsuccessful for reelection.<ref>[[#bioguide|Congressional Biographical Directory, "William Taylor"]]</ref>

He was an unsuccessful [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate for [[governor of Virginia]] in 1842.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bodie |first1=Charles A. |title=James McDowell of Virginia: The Perils of an Antebellum Southern Reformer |date=2023 |publisher=Lexington Books |location=Lanham, MD |page=133 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/James_McDowell_of_Virginia/4JGhEAAAQBAJ}}</ref> In 1845, Taylor served as a presidential elector.<ref>[[#pulliam|Pulliam 1901, p. 82]]</ref>

==Death== He died at his estate called "Hayfield" in [[Caroline County, Virginia]] June 18, 1863, and was interred in the family cemetery on the estate.

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==Bibliography== *{{cite web| url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp| title = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present| last = | first = | date = | website = bioguide.congress.gov| publisher = United States Congress| access-date = February 12, 2017| ref = bioguide| archive-date = April 23, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp| url-status = dead}}

*{{cite book |last=Pulliam |first=David Loyd |title=The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time |publisher= John T. West, Richmond |year=1901 |isbn= 978-1-2879-2059-5 |ref=pulliam}} *{{cite book |last=Swem |first=Earl Greg |title=A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776-1918, and of the Constitutional Conventions |publisher= David Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing |year=1918 |isbn= 978-1-3714-6242-0 |ref=swem}} {{CongBio|T000105|ref=none}}

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