Taylor was elected in 1848.
no
Lewis Cass (see Wikipedia entry on Zachary Taylor)
Zachery Scott won the 1848 presidential election defeating Lewis Cass. In the 1848 presidential election Zachery Taylor received 163 electoral votes and Lewis Cass received 127 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Taylor 1,361,393 and Cass 1,223,460.
Zachary Taylor the 12th President of the United States ran against the Democratic party candidate Lewis Cass in the Election of 1848.
Zachary Taylor
1848 U.S. Presidential Election Results:146 votes (50.3%) -- minimum needed to win163 votes (56.2%) -- Gen. Zachary Taylor (W-LA)127 votes (43.8%) -- U.S. Sen. Lewis Cass (D-MI)
Taylor ran against Lewis Cass of US Senator from Michigan in 1848. The election was in November of 1848; Taylor took office in 1849.
Yes he was.Yes, he was the 12th US president, elected in 1848 as a Whig.
Zachary Taylor
Even though Zachary Taylor was a slave owner himself, he did not push up the expansion of slavery in the new territories.
Zachary Taylor