Amos Taylor
Amos Taylor | |
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| Born | February 22, 1877  Danbury |
| Died | June 2, 1965 (aged 88) Belmont |
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| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
| Political party | Republican Party |
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Amos Leavitt Taylor (1877–1965) was a lawyer and a politician who was very active in the Massachusetts Republican Party.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Taylor was born in Danbury, New Hampshire, on February 22, 1877, to father Frank Leavitt Taylor and mother Nellie Jane (Martin) Taylor.[2]
Amos Leavitt Taylor attended college at Brown, graduating in 1901 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, then earned an LL.B at Boston University School of Law.[2] In Boston, he worked at Adams & Blinn, Counsellors at Law for the next 60 years.[3] He married Myra Lillian Fairbank on June 16, 1906. Their son, Amos Leavitt Taylor, Jr., also went to Brown, graduating in 1935, then attended Harvard Law School.[4] After 30 years of marriage, Myra Taylor died in 1944. Amos remarried, to Caroline W. Dudley.[1]
Notable legal cases
[edit]In the winter of 1912, Taylor and Robert Goodwin represented Marjorie Newell Robb against Oceanic Steam Navigation Company for the sum of $110,400.00, together with costs from the April 15, 1912, sinking of the Titanic. The loss of the life of her husband for the sum of $110,000.00, and the loss of the luggage and personal effect in the sum of $400.00.[5]
Political life
[edit]In 1924, he was a delegate (alternate) to the Republican National Convention from Massachusetts.
For twenty-five years, from 1924 to 1949, he was a member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, serving as its secretary from 1927 to 1928, and its state chair from 1929 to 1932.
He was a delegate to the 1932 Republican National Convention from Massachusetts.
He was a member of the American Bar Association, as well as Gamma Eta Gamma and the Freemasons. Taylor was one of the founders of Phi Gamma Delta at Brown University,[6] and an officer and life member of The Bostonian Society.[7] He was a Unitarian.
Later years
[edit]In his honor, the Amos L. Taylor Award for Excellence in Scholarship was established at the New England School of Law for special part-time student which are awarded at the end of the J.D. program.[8]
Taylor died at his home in Belmont on June 2, 1965.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Taylor, A to B". The Political Graveyard. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Eliot, Samuel Atkins, ed. (1918). Biographical History of Massachusetts. Vol. X. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Biographical Society. Retrieved June 22, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Amos L. Taylor Dies, Attorney, Civil Leader". The Boston Globe. Belmont. June 3, 1965. p. 19. Retrieved June 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Full text of "Brown alumni monthly"". December 1936. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- ^ "TIP | Limitation of Liability Hearings | Claim of Mary E. Newell (Arthur Newell)". Titanicinquiry.org. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- ^ "Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Fraternities". Brown.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- ^ "Full text of "Proceedings of the Bostonian Society, annual meeting"". Boston [Bostonian Society]. 1882. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- ^ "Special Part Time – New England Law | Boston". Nesl.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2011.