Pres. Taylor
Pres. Zachary Taylor, Male 24 November 1784 - 1850
Born, near Barboursville, Orange Co., Virginia Colony.
Died, 12th U.S. President.
Father of Sarah Taylor. Son of Richard Taylor and Sarah Strother.
my. Two years later, he was promoted to captain.[William Savage.FTW]aised 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. "Old Rough and Ready's" homespun ways were political assets. His long military record would appeal to northerners; his ownership of 100 slaves would lure southern votes. He had not committed himself on troublesome issues. But Taylor did not defend slavery or southern sectionalism; 40 years in the Army made him a strong nationalist.s. In the Mexican War he won major victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista. cted because of his victories in the Mexican War. His presidency was brief (16 months) and his accomplishments few. He did, however, take a strong stand against Southern secession over the slavery question, though a Southerner and a landowner himself. Taylor was of English heritage and Whig political affiliation. He stood 5'8" tall and was an Episcopalian. His death came 9 July 1850 in the White House; he was buried in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery near Louisville, KY.ad been willing to face came 11 years later. In it, his only son Richard served as a general in the Confederate Army. ld and his father was in KY building a new home.n. O.O. Howard wrote that it took place in a little log house on the Taylor Farm about 6 miles above the city of Louisville; she came from VA (NGS Quarterly, Vol. XIII, Mar 1924, No. 1, p.10).
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