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The 12th President of the United States was Zachary Taylor from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850, a period of 492 days before he died. Taylor died in office.
Millard Fillmore was originally Vice-President under Zachary Taylor. When Taylor died in office in 1850, Fillmore ascended to the Presidency.
He was not highly educated and was not a scholar but he was smart. You don't become a successful major general and the president of the US if you are not smart.
Zachary Taylor played a major role in the Mexican-American War by forcing Santa Anna and his men to withdraw. He took a risk doing this because he was going against the orders of President Polk. When he was successful, he became an American hero. Taylor went on to become the 12th President of the United States.
Taylor became a Colonel in 1832.
Sara Knox Taylor married the young Mississippian who would become the president of the Confederacy and who served under Taylor in Mexico -- Jefferson Davis. Source: http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/taylor/essays/biography/7
I do not know about the number, but Andrew Jackson reported asked for spittoons in the White House and Zachary Taylor was happy to have them for his use.
Millard Fillmore did not have a Vice President. Fillmore was elected as Vice President with Zachary Taylor as President, and became President of the United States when Taylor died in office on July 9, 1850 of an unknown digestive ailment.In those days a vacancy in the office of VP remained unfilled until the next presidential election. Fillmore vacated the Vice Presidency to become president. In those days, a vacancy in the vice presidency was not filled until the next presidential election. The 25th Amendment to the Constitution was not passed until 1967.
He became a Brigadier General in 1838.
They were second cousins, descended from Richard Taylor, who was the only person to have had two great grandchildren who went on to become president of the United States. Madison was the 4th president from March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1817. Taylor was the 12th president from March 4, 1849 - July 9, 1850.
becoming the president!! becoming the president!!
1848 Whig Party Candidate Zachary TaylorThe candidates for the Presidential election of 1848 were Zachary Taylor (Whig), Lewis Cass (Democratic), and Martin Van Buren (Free Soil). Zachary Taylor won the election to become the 12th President of the United States. President Taylor was in office from March 4, 1849 until July 9, 1850 when he died of gastroenteritis. Taylor was succeeded by his Vice President, Millard Fillmore.