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Margaret Mackall Taylor (née Smith; September 21, 1788 – August 14, 1852) was the first lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850 as the wife of President Zachary Taylor. She married Zachary in 1810 and lived as an army wife, accompanying her husband to his postings in the American frontier. She had six children, two of whom died in ...
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military officer and politician who was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army , rising to the rank of major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican ...
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Articles related to the American political family from Virginia, which includes Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States. Pages in category "Family of Zachary Taylor" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Sarah Knox Davis (née Taylor; March 6, 1814 – September 15, 1835) was the daughter of the 12th U.S. president Zachary Taylor and part of the notable Lee family.She met future Confederate president Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) when living with her father and family at Fort Crawford during the Black Hawk War in 1832.
Family of Zachary Taylor: March 4, 1849 — July 9, 1850 Zachary and Margaret Taylor Ann, Betty, and Richard: As a semi-invalid, the First Lady became a recluse and remained in seclusion on the second floor of the Executive Residence, leaving the duties of official hostess to her daughter Mary Elizabeth.
At her funeral, President Zachary Taylor characterized Madison as “the first lady of the land for half a century,” marking the first ever use of the phrase “first lady.”
Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Bliss Dandridge (née Taylor; April 20, 1824 – July 25, 1909) was the youngest of the three surviving daughters of President Zachary Taylor and Margaret Smith. In 1848, after her father was elected president, Mary Elizabeth married William Wallace Smith Bliss , an army officer who had served with her father.