General informationZachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor
President order: 12
Whig
Born in Virginia

Biography

Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th President of the 
United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader. Initially uninterested 
in politics, Taylor nonetheless ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election,
defeating Lewis Cass. Taylor was the last President to hold slaves while in office, 
and the last Whig to win a presidential election.

Early life:
Zachary Taylor was born on a farm on November 24, 1784, in Orange County, Virginia,
 to a prominent family of planters.He was the youngest of three sons in a family of
 nine children. His mother was Sarah Strother Taylor, and his father, Richard Taylor, 
had served with George Washington during the American Revolution. Taylor was a 
descendant of Elder William Brewster,the Pilgrim colonist leader and spiritual elder 
of the Plymouth Colony, and passenger aboard the Mayflower and one of the signers of 
the Mayflower Compact Isaac Allerton Jr.,the son of Mayflower Pilgrim Isaac Allerton 
and Fear Brewster.


Marriage and family:
In 1810, Taylor wed Margaret Smith, and they would have six children of whom the only 
son, Richard, would become a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army.One of Taylor's 
daughters, Sarah Knox Taylor, decided to marry in 1835 Jefferson Davis, the future 
President of the Confederate States of America, who at that time was a lieutenant.Taylor 
did not wish Sarah to marry him, and Taylor and Davis would not be reconciled until 1847 
at the Battle of Buena Vista, where Davis distinguished himself as a colonel.


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Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th President of the United 
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Zachary Taylor , U.S. President Born: 24 November 1784 Birthplace: Montebello, Virginia 
Died: 9 July 1850 (gastrointestinal illness) Best Known As:
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