"Illinois State Senate" . "Colonel Edmund Dick Taylor (October 18, 1804 - December 4, 1891) was an American businessman, politician, and soldier from Illinois. He is remembered as the first person to suggest that the United States should issue paper currency (\"greenbacks\") during the American Civil War."@en . . "1804Z"^^ . . "Member of the" . . "1891Z"^^ . . "1804-10-18Z"^^ . "Taylor, Edmund"@en . . . "Edmund Dick Taylor"@en . "Illinois House of Representatives" . "at Chicago" . "Vice of the" . "U.S. Receiver of Public Moneys" . "1891-12-04Z"^^ . "American politician" . .