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Zachary Taylor is born
Zach was born naer Barbousville, Virgina to a family of planters who owned 10,000 acers of land and 26 slaves. -
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Life of Zachary Taylor
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First comando
Taylor joined the army and recived his first comader from his cousin James Maddison. -
Sarah Knox Taylor is Married
Sarah Knox Taylor, the daughter of future president Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor, was born at Fort Knox. Sarah met Jefferson Davis while he and her dad were stationed together. Her father opposed the relationship because there was some friction between Davis and himself. The couple went to see Davis' sister in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Either on the journey or soon after their arrival, both Davis and Sarah contracted yellow fever or malaria and died. -
Gaining Control
Taylor was given troops to station on the texan side of the Rio Grande -
Mexican-American war
Before the U.S. declared war on Mexico, General Zachary Taylor defeated a Mexican force in the Battle of Palo Alto north of the Rio Grande River.Tenssion with Mexico had begun a year earlier when the U.S. annexed the Republic of Texas as a new state. Mexicans had fought an unsuccessful war with Texans to keep them from breaking away to become an independent nation. They refused to recognize the independence of Texas. The war ended in September of 1847. -
Politics at play
Taylor received orders to push forward to Saltillo. As Taylor had become a national hero, Polk became concerned about the general's political ambitions. In result, he ordered Taylor to stand fast in northeastern Mexico. To support Scott's operation, Taylor's army was stripped of the bulk of its forces. Learning that Taylor's command had been reduced, Santa Anna marched north with 22,000 men, atcacking at the Battle of Buena Vista.Santa Anna suffered heavy losses. -
Election of 1848
November 7, 1848 was the first day the nation voted on the same day. The election was between Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren and Lewis Cass. Taylor won the popular vote 1,360,967 to 1,222,342 to zero and the electoral college vote 163 to 127 to zero. -
Inaugurated
Zachary Taylor is inaugurated as the twelfth President of the United States. -
Pre-Death
He contracted the Cholera Mobus illness. -
Zachary Taylor is no more
Zachary died in his second year of office. He complained of stomach pains 5 days before he died. He died of a condition called "Cholera Mobus".
