A.A. Taylor Report on Pensions for East Tennesseans
This three-page leaflet presents the text from Alfred A. Taylor's report to the 51st U.S. House of Representatives, to accompany H.R. 13424. It calls for pensions to be provided for the survivors and widows of the group who successfully burned bridges around Knoxville in November of 1861. To justify this request, Taylor recounted the plans and results of that event and then referred to H.R. 7051 that had established pensions for men who had failed in their attempt to burn bridges around Chattanooga.
Dates
- circa 1891
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This three-page leaflet presents the text from Alfred A. Taylor's report to the 51st U.S. House of Representatives, to accompany H.R. 13424. It calls for pensions to be provided for the survivors and widows of the group who successfully burned bridges around Knoxville in November of 1861. To justify this request, Taylor recounted the plans and results of that event and then referred to H.R. 7051 that had established pensions for men who had failed in their attempt to burn bridges around Chattanooga.
Biographical/Historical Note
Alfred Alexander Taylor was born on August 6, 1848, in Happy Valley, Tennessee to Nathaniel and Emma (Haynes) Taylor. He was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Jonesboro, Tennessee in 1874 and served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877. Taylor married Jennie Anderson in 1881 and they had ten children. In 1886 he ran for Tennessee governor against his brother Robert. The Memphis Appeal dubbed this Tennesee's War of the Roses. Alfred lost the election, but after their political careers, he and his brother lectured on tour together. Taylor served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 to 1895 before returning to law in Johnson City, Tennessee and going on tour. He was elected the governor of Tennessee in 1920, the first election with female suffrage, but lost the 1922 election. Taylor died on November 25, 1931 in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This leaflet was a gift to Special Collections from Mrs. Broadus Farrar.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository