George Edwin Taylor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Edwin Taylor

American newspaper editor

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1857

Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1925

Profession: writer, editor, journalist, newspaper editor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About George Edwin Taylor

  • George Edwin Taylor (August 4, 1857 – December 23, 1925) was an American journalist, activist, and politician, who was the candidate of the National Negro Liberty Party for the office of President of the United States in 1904.
  • He was the first African American to run for president.Taylor was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to a slave father and a free mother.
  • After becoming an orphan, he arrived in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1865, where he attended school and obtained early experiences as a journalist and labor/political activist.
  • In 1891 Taylor left Wisconsin for Oskaloosa, Iowa where he published a weekly newspaper, the Negro Solicitor.
  • In the 1890s, Taylor transitioned from Independent Republican to Democrat.
  • In 1892, he was founder and president of the National Colored Men's Protection League and in 1900 was president of the National Negro Democratic League, the Negro Bureau within the National Democratic Party.
  • In 1904, Taylor joined the National Negro Liberty Party as its candidate for the office of president of the United States.
  • He reconnected with the Democratic Party after the failure of his 1904 election campaign. Taylor married three times: Mary Hall of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; Cora Cooper Buckner of Oskaloosa, Iowa; and Marion Tillinghast of Green Cove Springs, Florida.
  • He owned or edited two newspapers (Wisconsin Labor Advocate of La Crosse, Wisconsin and Negro Solicitor of Oskaloosa and Ottumwa, Iowa) and was editor of the Black Star edition of Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville, Florida, the largest newspaper in Florida at the beginning of the twentieth century.
  • Taylor was a Mason, a community organizer, and a supporter of free silver and anti-imperialism.
  • He was a popular and humorous speaker.
  • He died in Jacksonville, Florida.

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