Charles F. Tabor

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Charles F. Tabor
New York Attorney General
Term1888-1891
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Phebe S. Andrews
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(m. 1863)​
ChildrenGeorgia E. Tabor
Parent(s)Silas Tabor
Betsey E. Russell
Signature

Charles Franklin Tabor (June 28, 1841 – March 3, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was born on June 28, 1841, in St. Joseph County, Michigan, to Silas Tabor (c. 1820 – 1863) and Betsey E. (Russell) Tabor.[1][2]

In 1843, the family removed to

Lima. In 1861, he went to Buffalo, New York, to study law in the office of Humphrey & Parsons, and was admitted to the bar in 1863.[1]

On December 24, 1863, he married Phebe S. Andrews, and their daughter was Georgia E. Tabor.[1][2]

In 1868 he formed a partnership with Judge Thomas Corlett, and six years later, when Judge Corlett retired, formed a partnership with William F. Sheehan. Tabor was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co., 4th D.) in 1876 and 1877. In 1888, John Cunneen and Edward E. Coatsworth were admitted to the firm under the name of Tabor, Sheehan, Cunneen & Coatsworth. In 1895, Tabor became the senior member of the law firm of Tabor & Wilkie.

In 1881 and 1882 he was Supervisor of Lancaster, New York, where he resided from 1867 to 1883 when he removed to Buffalo. He was an excise commissioner of Erie County for three years.

As a

U. S. Supreme Court to the effect that the law was constitutional and valid. He also obtained from that court an affirmation of a decision of the New York Court of Appeals
in the case of the Home Insurance Company, that corporations were liable to taxation on their capital stock although that stock consisted of government bonds, otherwise exempt.

In 1899 he ran for justice of the New York Supreme Court, but was defeated.[3]

He died on March 3, 1915, at his home in Buffalo, New York, at age 74.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c White, Truman C., ed. (1898). Our County and Its People - a descriptive work on Erie County, New York. The Boston History Company. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via rays-place.com.
  2. ^ a b McAdam, David; Bischoff, Henry Jr.; Clarke, Richard H.; Dykman, Jackson O.; Van Cott, Joshua M.; Reynolds, George G., eds. (1897). History of the Bench and Bar of New York. Vol. II. New York History Company. pp. 383–385. Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Board of Canvassers Meets" (PDF). The New York Times. Albany (published December 30, 1899). December 29, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  4. Buffalo Evening News
    . March 3, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
Erie County, 4th District
1876–1877 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by
Denis O'Brien
New York State Attorney General

1888–1891 		Succeeded by
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