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Micah Taul Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 9th districtIn office
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817Preceded by Thomas Montgomery Succeeded by Tunstal Quarles Personal details Born May 14, 1785
Bladensburg, MarylandDied May 27, 1850 (aged 65)
Mardisville, AlabamaPolitical party Democratic-Republican Relations Grandfather of Taul Bradford Profession Lawyer Military service Allegiance United States of America Rank Colonel Unit Wayne County Volunteers Battles/wars War of 1812 Micah Taul (May 14, 1785 - May 27, 1850) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, grandfather of Taul Bradford.
Born in Bladensburg, Maryland, Taul moved to Kentucky with his parents in 1787. He attended private school. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Monticello, Kentucky. He served as clerk of Wayne County Courts in 1801. He served as a colonel of Wayne County Volunteers in the War of 1812.
Taul was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1816. He resumed the practice of law. He moved to Winchester, Tennessee, in 1826 and continued the practice of law. He moved to Mardisville, Alabama, in 1846 and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there on May 27, 1850. He was interred on his plantation at Mardisville.
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Categories:- 1785 births
- 1850 deaths
- American military personnel of the War of 1812
- Kentucky Democratic-Republicans
- Kentucky lawyers
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
- People from Bladensburg, Maryland
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