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Zachary Taylor

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Zachary Taylor will always be remembered for his forty years of military service and sixteen months as the twelfth president of the United States of America. Taylor was born in Montebello Plantation, Virginia on November 24, 1784, just over a year after the Revolutionary War concluded. He was born to Sarah Dabney Strother and Richard Taylor, a veteran lieutenant colonel who served on George Washington’s staff. Shortly after his birth, the family migrated to Kentucky and raised Zachary Taylor and their other eight children on a tobacco plantation. In Kentucky, Taylor received a rudimentary level of education, and he learned about farming and horsemanship, but he desired a life of military service.

In 1808, Taylor left Kentucky, and he was granted a commission as a first lieutenant for the United States Army. He was assigned to a garrison at Fort Pickering in Tennessee. Two years later, he married Margaret Mackall Smith, and they had six children together. His oldest daughter, Sarah Knox Taylor, married future pr

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Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

This article is about the president of the United States. For other people with the same name, see Zachary Taylor (disambiguation).

"General Taylor" and "Zach Taylor" redirect here. For other uses, see General Taylor (disambiguation).

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Northerners and Southerners disputed sharply whether the territories wrested from Mexico should be opened to slavery, and some Southerners even threatened secession. Standing firm, Zachary Taylor was prepared to hold the Union together by armed force rather than by compromise.

Born in Virginia in 1784, 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.

But Taylor did not defend slavery or southern sectionalism; 40 years in the Army made him a strong nationalist.

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, disturbed by General Taylor's informal habits of command and perhaps his Whiggery as well, 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 c

Zachary Taylor
Taylor c. 1843–1845
In office March 4, 1849^[a] – July 9, 1850
Vice President	Millard Fillmore
Preceded by	James K. Polk
Succeeded by	Millard Fillmore
In office April 23, 1845 – July 23, 1848
Appointed by	James K. Polk
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	William Davenport
Born	(1784-11-24)November 24, 1784 Barboursville, Virginia, U.S.
Died	July 9, 1850(1850-07-09) (aged 65) Washington County, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Zachary Taylor National Cemetery
Political party	Whig
Spouse
Children	6, including Sarah, Mary, and Richard
Parent
Profession	Military officer
Awards
Signature
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service