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Taylor was born near Barboursville, Virginia.
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Taylor became the general of Fort Pickering.
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Zachary Taylor earned the designation of a Captain and there were fewer work responsibilities at that time. This gave him enough time to invest his earnings on properties, such as the plush ‘Cypress Grove Plantation’, as well as a plantation in Louisville for $95000, at that time.
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Taylor married Margaret Mackall Smith.
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Zachary and Margaret had their first child, Ann Margaret Mackall
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Helped police in Western frontier of the U.S against the Native Americans.
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Commanded troops in the Black Hawk War.
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Began to command troops in the Second war of the Seminole War.
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Earned the name of 'Indian Fighter'
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Taylor disobeyed orders and defeated a Mexican force more than three times the size of his own force.
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Opposed the creation of new slave states.
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Taylor was elected as president.
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Taylor's heated session with Southern leaders, lead to him hanging spies and deserters in Mexico.
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Taylor died during his presidential time
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After complaining of severe stomach pains five days prior. Physicians diagnosed him as suffering from a gastrointestinal condition then known as “cholera morbus.”
