John Peroutt Taylor (1855 – September 5, 1930), also known as John Pervatt Taylor,[1] was a Democratic Mississippi politician and legislator who was the state treasurer of Mississippi from 1916 to 1920.
John Peroutt Taylor | |
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| 32nd State Treasurer of Mississippi | |
| In office January 17, 1916 – January 19, 1920 | |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 26th district | |
| In office January 1912 – January 17, 1916 | |
| Succeeded by | Lewis S. Hemphill |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Montgomery County district | |
| In office 1892–1906 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1855 Carroll County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | September 5, 1930 (aged 74–75) Winona, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Biography
editJohn Peroutt Taylor was born in the year 1855,[2] in Carroll County, Mississippi.[3][4] He was the son of Benjamin B. and Elizabeth Frances Taylor.[4] He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a medical degree in 1881 and started practicing medicine.[3][4] He was also a farmer.[2] He was elected to represent Montgomery County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in November 1891.[4][3][2] He served there from 1892 to 1906.[4] He was elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1911, representing the 26th District, which composed of Carroll and Montgomery Counties.[4] In 1915, he was elected the state treasurer of Mississippi.[3] He served in this position from January 17, 1916 to January 19, 1920.[5][6][7] He died on September 5, 1930, in Winona, Mississippi.[8]
Personal life
editTaylor was a devout Baptist.[3] He never married.[8] His cousin, Walter Nesbit Taylor, was also a Mississippi state senator.[8]
References
edit- ^ Alumni Directory ... Vanderbilt University. 1923. p. 487.
- ^ a b c Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 92.
- ^ a b c d e Mississippi Department of Archives and History (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 506.
- ^ a b c d e f Mississippi Department of Archives and History (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 384.
- ^ "Historical and statistical information" (PDF). www.sos.ms.gov.
- ^ The Commercial and Financial Chronicle. National News Service. 1917. p. 134.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1924). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ a b c "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on September 6, 1930 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. 6 September 1930. Retrieved 2021-03-25.