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he was a farmer before becoming a soldier and president
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Zachary Taylor joined the army on 1808 and was commissioned as first lieutenant of the infantry
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no formal education but he did go to the Virginia military institute for college
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to Margaret Mackall Smith
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on April 4 Zachary Taylor tried to coordinate the use of federal army regulars with the 1,700 Illinois volunteers under Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside in the pursuit of Black Hawk and his followers. -
born 1814-35
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born 1816-20
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1760-1822 Zachary Taylors mother
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born 1824-1909
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son of Zachary Taylor. born 1826-79
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father of Zachary Taylor
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The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between various groups of Native Americans and Black Indians
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He became a full-fledged war hero through his service in the Mexican War, which broke out in 1846 after the U.S. annexation of Texas -
the sectional debate over slavery and its expansion into the country's new western territories.
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elected 1849 - 1850
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The Compromise of 1850 was made up of five bills that attempted to resolve disputes over slavery in new territories added to the United States in the wake of the Mexican-American War (1846-48). Lingering resentment over its provisions contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War -
died from eating cheries
