Alfred A Taylor

1848-1931
Served from 1921 to 1923
Brother of Tennessee Governor Robert L. Taylor
Lost his first run for Governor in 1886 to his brother
They travelled the state together, debating publicly
Served from 1889 to 1895 in the US House of Representatives



"I believe that the largest measure of
human happiness resides in a philosophy
that sees only the bright side of life, in a
faith that looks upon the creation as but
the shadow of greater and grander realities
that are unseen, in a pure and sublimated
imagination, in a profound love of the beautiful,
in a more perfect unison of the soul with the
visible universe. I believe that true happiness
dwells in a virtuous soul rather than in a great
and gifted intellect. " Alfred A Taylor

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