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About Miles Taylor
Miles Taylor was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served three terms as a Democrat. On February 5, 1861, shortly after Louisiana seceded from the Union, Taylor resigned his seat in Congress, announcing that "the whole South would rise up to a man to resist" efforts by the Federal government to control slavery.
Everything about Miles Taylor →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 16, 1805
- Died
- September 23, 1873