Alfred Alexander Taylor

Alfred Alexander Taylor is a Tennessee historical marker in Carter County.

Carter Co. TN 91 in Elizabethton in front of Franklin Club

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Born in this house, Aug. 6, 1848, he was representative in Congress in 1870, and again for three terms in 1889. He had campaigned unsuccessfully against his brother in the gubernatorial race called "The War of the Roses" in 1886, He was elected governor in 1921. he died Nov. 24, 1931, and is buried in Knoxville.

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1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1846 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Roan Mountain, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Alfred Alexander Taylor

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