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Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States and served from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850.
283 Questions
How many people voted for Zachary Taylor as president?
1848 U.S. Presidential Election Results:
- 146 votes (50.3%) - minimum required
- 163 votes (56.2%) - Gen. Zachary Taylor (W-LA)
- 127 votes (43.8%) - U.S. Sen. Lewis Cass (D-MI)
Where did Zachary Taylor go to school at?
Taylor had very little formal education. He did not go to high school or college.
What was President Zachary Taylor's childhood life like?
He was one of eight children, he being the third oldest, so he had plenty of company.
His father was locally prominent and owned a lot of land.They lived on a plantation near Louisville, Ky. This was on the Western frontier, so there were plenty of trees and wildlife. There was also a threat of Indian attacks. Zachary was only 5' 8" when he grew up but he was athletic. He swam across the Ohio River and back when he was 17.
What year did Zachary Taylor stop being the president?
Zachary Taylor's Presidency ended on July 9, 1850, with his death.
What state did Zachary Taylor live in when he got elected?
He was born in Virginia, but grew up in Kentucky. He was living in Louisiana when he was elected President.
Who did Zachary Taylor run up against for president?
Taylor ran against Lewis Cass of US Senator from Michigan in 1848. The election was in November of 1848; Taylor took office in 1849.
What did president Zachary Taylor threaten to do against the south if states tried to secede?
per the recent history channel documentary on the presidents which i saw (appropriately) on president's day, he stated that he would hang the governor of south carolina if that state made an attempt to secede from the union...
Did Zachary Taylor approve the Compromise of 1850?
no- Taylor was against it. If he had not died, it probably would not have passed .
His successor, Fillmore. made its passage possible.
Who was the US President after Zachary Taylor?
Millard Fillmore was the US President after Zachary Taylor.
Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States from 1850 July 9 to 1853 March 4. Millard Fillmore was previously the Vice President of the United States and became the president after Taylor died in office.
Did President Zachary Taylor's father Richard Taylor have a sister?
Yes, her name was Elizabeth and she was born about 1740 in Orange County, Virginia
Zachary Taylor, the twelfth US president , was given this nickname by his men.
What led to Zachary Taylor running for president?
I think Zachary Taylor didn't think about being president until he was nominated. He did not campaign to be nominated and was not at the convention that nominated him. He did accept the nomination, probably out of patriotic duty but he did not campaign to be elected.
Why did Zachary Taylor only serve one year as President of the U.S?
Zachary Taylor left office because he died due to gastrointestinal illness.
Zachary Taylor was not killed. He died in July 1850 because of what his doctor diagnosed as cholera morbus, a flexible mid-nineteenth-century term for intestinal ailments as diverse as diarrhea and dysentery but not related to Asiatic cholera.
How many slaves did Zachary Taylor have?
Zachary Taylor was a good general, and an expert farmer. At the time of the Mexican War in 1846, he owned a large plantation in Louisiana with over 200 slaves.
Who did Taylor defeat in the US election in 1848?
Lewis Cass was the Democrat defeated by Taylor in 1848.
How long was Zachary Taylor the President of the United States?
Zachary Taylor was president for just over one year and four months. (16 months) He died from stomach related bacteria infection two days after the Washington monument christening because he had milk and cherries that was infected with bacteria.
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850
Who was the vice president to Zachary Taylor?
Zachary Taylor's vice president was Millard Fillmore. Fillmore became the 13th US President when Taylor died in the White House on 1850 July 9.
Events during Zachary Taylors term in office?
pres during 1849-1850, died in office.
-major events: compromise of 1850
and I think that's really about it.
