Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor (November
24, 1784 - July 9,
1850)]]), also known as
"Old Rough and Ready", was Order:           12th President
the 12th (1849-1850)       Term of Office:  March 5, 1849 - July 9, 1850
President of the United
States, and the second     Followed:        James Knox Polk
President to die in        Succeeded by:    Millard Fillmore
office.
                           Date of Birth    November 24, 1784
[Taylor postage stamp]     Place of Birth:  Barboursville, Virginia
Taylor was a career        Date of Death:   July 9, 1850
soldier. Starting with a
commission as a first      Place of Death:  Washington, D.C.
lieutenant, in 1808, he    Wife:            Margaret Mackall Smith
fought in the War of 1812,
the Black Hawk War, and    First Ladies:    Margaret Mackall Smith
                                            Mary Elizabeth Bliss (daughter)
the Second Seminole War.
President Polk sent an     Occupation:      soldier
army under his command to  Political Party: Whig
the Rio Grande in 1846.
When the Mexicans attacked Vice President:  Millard Fillmore
Taylor's troops, Polk declared war. Taylor defeated the Mexicans, despite
being outnumbered 4-1. He became a national hero and received the Whig
nomination for President in 1848, although he had never even bothered to
vote before.

Taylor earned a footnote in Presidential history before he even took office.
His term of service was scheduled to begin at noon on March 4, 1849, but
being a Sunday, Taylor refused to be sworn in until the following day. As
Vice President Millard Fillmore also was not sworn on that day, as a result
the nation technically had no President or Vice President for one day. Some
people later claimed that David Rice Atchison, the previous President Pro
Tempore of the Senate, was technically Acting President, but this claim is
not accepted by virtually every constitutional scholar.

Taylor died in office after only 16 months, and was succeeded by his vice
president, Millard Fillmore.

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