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Taylor I. Record (also spelled Irven Records, 1846-1912) was an American politician who served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives representing Posey County. He is best known for his introduction of the Indiana pi bill, which attempted to define Pi as 3.2, through "squaring the circle". A constituent and amateur mathematician, Edward J. Goodwin, approached Record to put his idea into law, so it could be incorporated into education. When a visiting professor heard of the bill, it stalled in the Senate and was not passed. Record, a part time farmer, admitted he did not understand what the bill meant "as I have had only a common school education," but submitted it anyway under the urgings of Goodwin. Record also served as a member of the Posey county council.