ROBERT LOVE TAYLOR ~ 1A 46
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N 36° 20.639 W 082° 14.991
17S E 387842 N 4022827
N36 20.639 W082 14.991
Waymark Code: WM2A8G
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2007
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ROBERT LOVE TAYLOR ~ 1A 46
Born in Happy Valley, Carter county, 1850: attorney; U.S. Congressman, 1879-1881; newspaper publisher; federa pension agent; Governor of Tennessee, 1887-1891, 1896-1899; lecturer; U.S. Senator, 1907 until his death in 1912; buried in Johnson City. In the gubernatorial campaign of 1886 he, a Democrat, was opposed by his brother Alfred A. Taylor, a Republican, in Tennessee's celebrated "War of the Roses."
Marker Name: ROBERT LOVE TAYLOR ~ 1A 46
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number: 1A 46
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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