Zachary Taylor was a national hero when he came to the White House in 1849. His triumphs in the Mexican War (1846-48) had brought him fame after a forty-year career in the military. He assumed the pre...
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), twelfth president of the United States, was, as one of the two military heroes of the Mexican War, the last Whig president.Living in a time when generals were politically a...
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President Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor