Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor (November                    Zachary Taylor
24, 1784 - July 9, 1850)
was the 12th (1849-1850)
President of the United    Order:           12th President
States, and the second     Term of Office:  March 5, 1849 - July 9, 1850
President to die in
office.                    Followed:        James Knox Polk
                           Succeeded by:    Millard Fillmore
Taylor was a career        Date of Birth    November 24, 1784
soldier. Starting with a   Place of Birth:  Barboursville, Virginia
commission as a first      Date of Death:   July 9, 1850
lieutenant, in 1808, he
fought in the War of 1812, Place of Death:  Washington, D.C.
the Black Hawk War, and    Wife:            Margaret Mackall Smith
the Second Seminole War.
President Polk sent an     First Ladies:    Margaret Mackall Smith
                                            Mary Elizabeth Bliss (daughter)
army under his command to
the Rio Grande in 1846.    Occupation:      soldier
When the Mexicans attacked Political Party: Whig
Taylor's troops, Polk
declared war. Taylor       Vice President:  Millard Fillmore
defeated the Mexicans, despite being outnumbered 4-1. He became a national
hero and received the Whig nomination for President in 1848, although he had
never even bothered to vote before.

Taylor earned a footnote in Presidential history before he even took office.
His term of service was scheduled to begin at noon on March 4, 1849, but
being a Sunday, Taylor refused to be sworn in until the following day. As
Vice President Millard Fillmore also was not sworn on that day, as a result
the nation technically had no President or Vice President for one day. Some
people later claimed that David Rice Atchison, the previous President Pro
Tempore of the Senate, was technically Acting President, but this claim is
not accepted by virtually every constitutional scholar.

Taylor died in office after only 16 months, and was succeeded by his vice
president, Millard Fillmore.

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