TAYLOR, JOHN
\tˈe͡ɪlə], \tˈeɪlə], \t_ˈeɪ_l_ə]\
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(1750-1824), called John Taylor of Caroline, represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from 1792 to 1794 and from 1822 to 1824. During the interval he served in the Virginia House of Delegates, where he moved the celebrated Virginia Resolutions of 1798. He wrote "Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States," "Construction Construed and the Constitution Vindicated" and "New Views of the Constitution of the United States," leading works of the State-rights school.
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(1770-1832), was admitted to the bar in 1793· He was a member of the South Carolina Legislature for a number of years, represented South Carolina in the U.S. Congress as a Democrat from 1807 to 1810, when he became a U.S. Senator and served until 1816. He was a U.S. Congressman from 1816 to 1817, and Governor of South Carolina from 1826 to 1828.
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(1808-1887), came to Canada from England in 1832. He became a Mormon apostle in 1838, and succeeded to the presidency of the Mormon Church in 1877. He was indicted for polygamy in 1885.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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