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Taylor, Nathaniel G

lawyer, clergyman, congressman, was born Dec. 29, 1819, in Carter county, Tenn. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1854 to 1855; was a presidential elector in 1853 and 1860; and was for several years a minister in the methodist episcopal church south. In 1865 he was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-ninth congress. In 1867 he was appointed commissioner of Indian affairs.

TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM, clergyman, author, was born June 23, 1786, in New Milford, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman prominent in his day as the exponent of the New Haven type of theology; and was Dwight professor at Yale university in 1822-38. He was the author of Practical Sermons; Moral Government of God; and Essays, etc., upon Select Topics in Revealed Theology.

He died March 10, 1858, in New Haven, Conn.