Showing posts with label Zachary Taylor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zachary Taylor. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2010

Millard Fillmore

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Born

January 7, 1800


Birth Place

Summerhill, New York


Political party

Anti-Masonic, Whig, American


Spouse(s)

Abigail Powers,


Caroline Carmichael McIntosh


Occupation

Lawyer


Religion

Unitarian


Died

March 8, 1874


Death Place

Buffalo, New York



Millard Fillmore was served as the 13th President of the United States, and the final member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He became the second Vice President to guess the presidency after the death of a sitting president when he succeeded Zachary Taylor, who died of sensitive gastroenteritis. Fillmore was not at all elected president. After helping out Taylor's term, he failed to achieve the nomination of the Whigs for president in the 1852 presidential election, and, four years later, in the 1856 presidential election, he another time failed to win election as the Know Nothing Party and Whig candidate.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Zachary Taylor

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Born

November 24, 1784


Birth Place

Barboursville, Virginia


Nationality

American


Political party

Whig


Spouse(s)

Margaret Smith Taylor


Occupation

Soldier


Religion

Episcopal


Died

July 9, 1850


Death Place

Washington, D.C.



Zachary Taylor was one of the 12th Presidents of the United States and an American military leader. He was the last President to hold slaves while in office, and the last Whig to win a presidential election. He achieved celebrity leading American troops to victory in the Battle of Palo Alto and the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican American War. As president, Taylor angered several Southerners by taking a sensible stance on the issue of slavery. Taylor is thought to have died of gastroenteritis just 16 months into his term, the third shortest term of any President. Taylor was succeeded by his Vice President, Millard Fillmore.
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