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John Taylor (May 4, 1770April 16, 1832) was the 51st Governor of South Carolina from 1826 to 1828. He was born May 4, 1770, in Granby in the Province of South Carolina. He attended Mount Zion Institute in Winnsboro, South Carolina, and graduated in 1790 from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and became a lawyer. He opened his practice in Columbia but also had farming interests.
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