John Taber was a member of the United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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He attended the public schools and graduated from Yale University

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 in 1902 and from New York Law School

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 in 1904. He was admitted to the bar November 15, 1904, and commenced practice in Auburn, New York.

Taber was supervisor of Cayuga County, New York

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 in 1905 and 1906, special judge of the county court from 1910 to 1918, a delegate to the Republican National Convention

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s in 1920

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, 1924

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, and 1936

1936 Republican National Convention

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, chairman of the Cayuga County Republican committee from 1920 to 1925, and president of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce in 1922.

He represented New York in the House of Representatives as a Republican

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 from the 68th

68th United States Congress

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 to the 87th

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 Congresses (March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1963), where he was the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations

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 during the 80th

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 and 83rd

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 Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination to the 88th

88th United States Congress

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Congress in 1962.

Taber died November 22, 1965 in Auburn, New York, aged 85. He is interred there in Fort Hill Cemetery.