John Taylor of Caroline

John Taylor of Caroline (born John Taylor) (1753-1824), was an exponent of Jeffersonian Democracy and republicanism]]. He was born into a rich planter family in Virginia and is known as "John Taylor of Caroline." Taylor engineered Virginia's resolution against the Sedition Act (1798); and helped pass the Twelfth Amendment. He served multiple terms in the state legislature and U.S. Senate. He is best known for his orations and essays against aristocratic theories of Federalist Party leaders Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. He despised cities and modernization and ardently defended an agricultural economy and scientific farming that would reverse the damage done to the soil by heavy reliance on tobacco.

See also

• History of Virginia