Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	18	Jan 13, 1885 - Jul 28, 1886	19th	Democrat	Clarksville / Red River		Red River
H	18	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Clarksville / Red River		Red River

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

20th Legislature, R.S., House receives the "sad intelligence" of the deaths of Hon. A.M. Taylor of Red River county and Hon. B.F. Williams of Fort Bend county; House resolution adopted 1/20/1887, p. 97. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Alsey Marcellus Taylor, p. 374. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
Alsey Marcellus Taylor mentioned in biographical sketch of his father, Dr. Joseph Marcellus Taylor, The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County, by Pat B. Clark, pp. 168-170. HeritageQuest Online.
Biographical sketch, A.M. Taylor, p. 54. Born 11/10/1852 in Nash County, North Carolina. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, A.M. Taylor, pp. 253-254. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Other Resources

A.M. Taylor (1853-1886), burial in Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River County. Find a Grave.
Death notice, 7/28/1886, p. 1. Death date 7/27/1886. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. A.M. Taylor, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Agricultural Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Funeral of General William Steele Hon. Marshall Tankersley Judiciary No. 1 Laying the Cornerstone of the New Capitol Revision of Rules
18th R.S. - 1883 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office, Examine Fence Cutting Governor's Mansion (Co-Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Revision of Rules (Chair)

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