Miles Taylor
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's2nd district
In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861
Preceded by	Theodore Gaillard Hunt
Succeeded by	Michael Hahn
Personal details
Born	(1805-07-16)July 16, 1805 Saratoga Springs, New York, US
Died	September 23, 1873(1873-09-23) (aged 68) Saratoga Springs, New York, US
Party	Democratic
Spouse	Eliza Ann Bruden

Miles Taylor (July 16, 1805 – September 23, 1873) was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives representing thestate ofLouisiana. He served three terms as aDemocrat.^[1] On February 5, 1861, shortly afterLouisiana 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 controlslavery.^[2]

Taylor was born inSaratoga Springs, New York. He served in Congress from 1855, until Louisiana's secession from theUnion. He died in Saratoga Springs, New York, and was buried in the family graveyard at his plantation, Front Scattery, nearBelle Alliance, Louisiana. Scattery Plantation was sold in parcels and there does not seem to be any cemetery there now.^[3]

On May 21, 1838, he married Eliza Ann Bruden, age 19 ofMississippi atTerrebonne Parish, Louisiana. She died in 1850. They had four children:

• John (b. 1839)
• Mary (Taylor) May (living 1891 as a widow in New Orleans}
• Thomas (c. 1843 – October 11, 1907, CassanovaVirginia) who served in 8th Louisiana Regiment CSA);
• Searing (c. 1845 – February 25, 1891, Saint Emma Plantation, age 45) who served as a "special agent" for theConfederate Government.

• United States Congress."Miles Taylor (id: T000094)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Political Graveyard

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