Zachary Taylor
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Zachary Taylor (1784-YYYY) - Born 24 Nov 1784 in Orange County, Virginia, Died 9 Jul 1850 in Washington D.C. while President of the United States.
He was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised on a plantation. He was a career officer in the Army, but his talk was most often of cotton raising. His home was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he owned a plantation in Mississippi.
He spent a quarter of a century policing the frontiers against Indians. In the Mexican War he won major victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista. President Polk kept him in northern Mexico and sent an expedition under Gen. Winfield Scott to capture Mexico City. Taylor, incensed, thought that "the battle of Buena Vista opened the road to the city of Mexico and the halls of Montezuma, that others might revel in them."
"Old Rough and Ready's" homespun ways were political assets. His long military record appealed to northerners; his ownership of 100 slaves to the south. He had not committed himself on these issues. The Whigs nominated him to run against the Democratic candidate and he was elected the 12th President of the United States in 1848.
In 1850 he got sick after eating cherries and milk at a July 4 celebration. He died on 9 Jul 1850. He was the second president to die in office.
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Zachary Taylor