Edward Robeson Taylor

Infobox Officeholder
name = Edward Robeson Taylor

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caption =
order = 28^th
office = Mayor of San Francisco
term_start = July 16, 1907
term_end = January 8, 1910
deputy =
predecessor = Charles Boxton
successor = P. H. McCarthy
birth_date = birth date|1838|9|22|mf=y
birth_place = Springfield, Illinois
death_date = death date and age |1923|7|5|1838|9|24
death_place = San Francisco, California
constituency =
party = Democratic
spouse =
profession = Poet, Lawyer
religion =


footnotes =

Edward Robeson Taylor (September 24, 1838 – July 5, 1923) was the 28th Mayor of San Francisco serving from July 16, 1907 to January 7, 1910.

Edward Robeson Taylor was born on September 24, 1838 in Springfield, Illinois. He was a lawyer and a poet in California before he became mayor. Taylor was appointed mayor due to the resignation of Charles Boxton, after his eight-day term. When he was sworn in, he became the oldest mayor of San Francisco to be sworn in at 68 years old and still currently holds the record today. He died in San Francisco on July 5, 1923.

External sources

* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/06/BAU1T4ON6.DTL&hw=Edward+Taylor&sn=001&sc=1000 Exhibition spotlights career...]