Fillmore was elected vice-president in 1848. He was never elected president but took office because of the death of President Taylor on July 9, 1850.
Zachary Taylor served as the 12th US President from 1849 until 1850 when he died suddenly.
1. He took office when Zachary Taylor suddenly died and served from 1850-1853.
He died suddenly of rather mysterious natural causes in July of 1850.
Zachary Taylor was 64 years of age when he was elected president of the US. He was in office from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850.
Zachary Taylor the 12th President died in the White House on July 9, 1850 .
Taylor, ZacharyZachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th president of the United States. Taylor was born on November 24, 1784, near Barboursville, Virginia. Taylor was a military hero in the War of 1812, the Indian Wars, and in the Mexican War. He served as US president from 1849 until 1850 (only 16 months). He died suddenly in office on July 6, 1850, in Washington, D.C.
At the federal level, it was probably President Zachary Taylor in 1849. The Whig party operated in the USA during the period from the 1830s to the mid-1850s. It was briefly influential, but by the mid-1850s, it was almost totally defunct. The last Whig to serve as a US president was Millard Fillmore, from 1850-1853; he was not elected to that office, however. He was Zachary Taylor's vice president and assumed the presidency when Taylor (also a Whig) suddenly died. In 1851, Fillmore appointed the only Whig Supreme Court Justice, Benjamin R. Curtis.In the United States, the last member of the Whig Party to be elected to the office of US President was Millard Filmore. He was the 13th US President and served from 1850 to 1853. His home State was New York.
The 12th President of the United States was Zachary Taylor from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850 President Zachary Taylor died on July 9, 1850 of gastroenteritis while in office.
Millard Fillmore was sworn in, in 1850, after General Taylor died.
The 12th President of the United States was Zachary Taylor from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850. President Taylor died on Jul 9, 1850 of gastroenteritis while in office.
pres during 1849-1850, died in office. -major events: compromise of 1850 and I think that's really about it.