Edward Robeson Taylor

For other people named Edward Taylor, see Edward Taylor (disambiguation).

Edward Robeson Taylor
28th Mayor of San Francisco
In office July 16, 1907 – January 8, 1910
Preceded by	Charles Boxton
Succeeded by	P. H. McCarthy
Personal details
Born	September 22, 1838(1838-09-22) Springfield, Illinois
Died	July 5, 1923(1923-07-05) (aged 84) San Francisco
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Poet, Lawyer

Edward Robeson Taylor (September 24, 1838 – July 5, 1923) was the 28th Mayor of San Francisco serving from July 16, 1907 to January 7, 1910.

Edward Robeson Taylor was born on September 24, 1838 in Springfield, Illinois, the only son of Henry West Taylor and the former Mary Thaw of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (he was descended on his mother's side from the early colonial merchant, Andrew Robeson, of Philadelphia.) He was a lawyer and a poet in California before he became mayor, publishing an 1898 book of sonnets based on the paintings of William Keith. Taylor was appointed mayor due to the resignation of Charles Boxton, after his eight-day term. When he was sworn in, he became the oldest mayor of San Francisco to be sworn in at 68 years old and still currently holds the record today. He died in San Francisco on July 5, 1923.

References

• Exhibition spotlights career...
• An Extraordinary Mayor for an Extraordinary City
• Edward Robeson Taylor (1898), Sonnets of Edward Robeson Taylor on some pictures painted by William Keith (Sonnets of Edward Robeson Taylor on some pictures painted by William Keith. ed.), San Francisco: Printed by the E.D. Taylor Co., http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7056901M/Sonnets_of_Edward_Robeson_Taylor_on_some_pictures_painted_by_William_Keith. 

External links

• Edward Robeson Taylor at Find a Grave

Preceded by Charles Boxton

Mayor of San Francisco 1907–1910

Succeeded by P.H. McCarthy