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John Tayler (
July 4,
1742 -
March 19,
1829) was an American businessman and politician. He served nine years as
lieutenant governor, four months as Acting
Governor of New York, and also in both houses of the
New York Legislature.
He was born in
New York City and spent his young manhood as a trader among British forts and later as a farmer and shopkeeper in northern New York State. He married Margarita Van Valkenburgh in
1764, and was very successful in business, building or acquiring several different enterprises and a great deal of real estate.
Tayler was soon caught up in the hostilities that would become the
Revolutionary War. His farm was near the site of the
Battle of Saratoga. Gradually he was drawn into public service for the new United States, in addition to using his businesses to supply meat and clothing for the American armies.
By the time his political beliefs had developed, he identified himself as a
Democratic-Republican and an
Antifederalist.
He represented
Albany County in the
New York State Assembly three times (1777-1779, 1780-1781, and 1785-1787). He was appointed City Recorder (Deputy Mayor) of Albany in 1793, and a justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1797. He served in the
New York State Senate from 1802 to 1813. In August 1810 he was the
Majority Leader of the New York State Senate and became Acting Lieutenant Governor after the death in office of
Lieutenant Governor Broome, and served until the end of June 1811 when he was succeeded by
DeWitt Clinton who had been elected Lt. Gov. under the provisions of Article XX of the
New York State Constitution of 1777.
Tayler was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1813, remaining in office until 1822, first under
Daniel D. Tompkins and then under
De Witt Clinton, with a brief interruption when he served as Acting Governor from February 24 to June 30, 1817 after Tompkins resigned to assume the
Vice Presidency of the United States under President
James Monroe.
Article XVII of the
New York State Constitution of 1777 said that "...as often as the seat of government shall become vacant, a wise and descreet freeholder of this State shall be, by ballot, elected governor,...,which elections shall be always held at the times and places of choosing representatives in assembly..." This meant that, whenever a vacancy occurred, the Lt. Gov. didn't succeed to the governor's office but administrated the state only until the end of the yearly term of the
New York State Assembly on June 30, the successor being elected in April. This was the only occurrence of a vacancy of the governor's office under this Constitution, and in April 1817
DeWitt Clinton was elected Governor, and Tayler was re-elected Lt. Gov.
The mortal duel between
Alexander Hamilton and
Aaron Burr in
1804 began with ill words spoken at Tayler's home in Albany.
John Tayler died on
March 19,
1829, aged 86, in
Albany, New York. He is buried in
Albany Rural Cemetery in
Menands, New York.
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