10 Facts About Micah Taul

Micah Taul was an American pioneer, planter, lawyer, and politician.

Micah Taul served one term in the United States House of Representatives for Kentucky.

Micah Taul attended private school, as no public schools were yet established.

Micah Taul studied law, probably "reading" with an established firm, and serving as a legal apprentice.

Micah Taul was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Monticello, Kentucky, the county seat of Wayne County.

In 1814 Micah Taul was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress, serving one term.

Micah Taul declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1816.

Micah Taul moved in 1826 with his family to Winchester, Tennessee, on the southern border of the state, and continued the practice of law.

Micah Taul operated a plantation and used enslaved labor to do so, until his death there on May 27,1850.

Micah Taul was the grandfather of Taul Bradford, who represented Alabama in Congress and served the Confederacy in the American Civil War.