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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 ...
By 1847, General Zachary Taylor had emerged as a contender for the Whig nomination in the 1848 presidential election. [3] Despite Taylor's largely unknown political views, many Whigs believed he was the party's strongest possible candidate due to his martial accomplishments in the Mexican–American War. [4] Henry Clay initially told his allies ...
Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy), and one resigned (Richard Nixon, facing impeachment and removal from office). [9]
The 1849 State of the Union Address was delivered by the 12th president of the United States Zachary Taylor to the 31st United States Congress on December 4, 1849. Presiding over this joint session was Howell Cobb, the House Speaker, with Millard Fillmore, the vice president, in his role as President of the Senate.
"Cock of the walk" - Zachary Taylor as victor. 28.6% of the voting age population and 72.8% of eligible voters participated in the election. [14] With Taylor as their candidate, the Whigs won their second and last victory in a presidential election. Taylor won the electoral college by capturing 163 of the 290 electoral votes.
First president to have a second cousin as a future president (Zachary Taylor). [62] First president to have neither biologial nor adopted children. [63] First President to host a wedding in the White House. [64] First president to have a vice president die in office and the first president to have a vacancy in the office of vice president. [65]
The tree would not last forever, being felled following a lightning strike in 1951. "Camp Taylor's 'Naturalization Tree,' a 140-year-old ash commemorated by the Fincastle chapter, D.A.R., in 1921 ...
The inauguration of Zachary Taylor as the 12th president of the United States was held on Monday, March 5, 1849, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., and was the second instance of an inauguration being rescheduled due to March 4 falling on a Sunday, the Christian sabbath.