When was zachary taylor in office

Bush Bill Clinton George W. Help inform the discussion Support the Miller Center. University of Virginia Miller Center. Breadcrumb U. March 5, Zachary Taylor inaugurated. Zachary Taylor is inaugurated as the twelfth President of the United States. May 1, July 9, Their second daughter, Sarah Knox Taylor, would marry Jefferson Davis , the future president of the Confederacy, in ; she died three months later.

Taylor made his home near Baton Rouge, Louisiana , on a 2,acre plantation with some 80 slaves. He owned a second plantation in Mississippi. In the years leading up to the War of , Taylor helped police the western frontier of the United States against the Native Americans.

When the U. Polk and a promotion to major general. He led his men across the Rio Grande and advanced into Mexico, capturing the heavily fortified stronghold of Monterrey by late September. In February , Taylor disobeyed these orders and marched his troops south to Buena Vista, using his artillery to defeat a Mexican force more than three times the size of his. By the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican War in early , Taylor had emerged in Whig circles as a leading candidate for president.

His military record undoubtedly appealed to northerners, while his slaveholding status captured southern votes, helping him win a victory in the general election over the Democratic candidate Lewis Cass and former president Martin Van Buren , the candidate of the Free Soil Party.

Though a slaveholder himself, Taylor was primarily driven by a strong nationalism born of years in the army, and by had come to oppose the creation of new slave states. To end the dispute over slavery in the new territories, he wanted settlers in both California and New Mexico to draft constitutions and be admitted immediately into the Union, skipping the territorial phase. Slavery advocates were outraged, as neither state was likely to allow slavery, and many in Congress felt Taylor was taking away their legislative power.

In February , after some incensed southern leaders threatened secession, Taylor angrily informed them that he personally would lead the army if it became necessary in order to enforce federal laws and preserve the Union. On July 4 , , Zachary Taylor attended a ceremony at the unfinished Washington Monument ; temperatures were blistering, and he reportedly ate only raw vegetables, cherries and milk.

He took ill with violent stomach cramps the following day and died on July 9 of acute gastroenteritis. Hannah Hoes Van Buren 9. Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison Letitia Christian Tyler Julia Gardiner Tyler Sarah Childress Polk Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor Abigail Powers Fillmore Jane M.

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Born in Virginia in , he was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised 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.

But Taylor did not defend slavery or southern sectionalism; 40 years in the Army made him a strong nationalist. He spent a quarter of a century policing the frontiers against Indians. Winfield Scott to capture Mexico City. His long military record would appeal to northerners; his ownership of slaves would lure southern votes.

He had not committed himself on troublesome issues.