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James Craig Taylor - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About James Craig Taylor
- James Craig Taylor (September 23, 1826 – October 25, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, newspaper publisher and politician who became the Attorney General of Virginia as Congressional Reconstruction ended.
- After serving in the Confederate States Army and the Virginia Senate (1863–1865), James C.
- Taylor won the first statewide postwar election on July 6, 1869, defeating Thomas R.
- Bowden who had won election four years earlier when many former Confederates were precluded from voting, or chose not to vote.
- Taylor later won election to the Virginia House of Delegates and served part-time for one term before losing to the man he had defeated.
