A similar scenario unfolded in 1848, when General Zachary Taylor ... party system is remarkably resilient. Republicans have recently enjoyed a surge in gubernatorial, congressional and state ...

"It's not." Troy finds eerie similarities in the 1848 election of Zachary Taylor, whom he describes as "an inexperienced, unqualified, loutish, wealthy outsider with ambiguous party loyalties." ...

Born in Virginia, raised in Kentucky, with a home in Louisiana and a plantation in Mississippi, Zachary Taylor ... and the Free Soil Party candidate Martin Van Buren, Taylor won a narrow victory ...

Zachary Taylor became president of a country greatly expanded by his predecessor, James Polk. But with the new land came new disputes over an old issue – slavery. ZACHARY Taylor was born on Nov ...

In this case it was Zachary Taylor, who died in 1850. Taylor's death left the Whigs in disarray, and the party convention chose Gen. Winfield Scott over Fillmore and Daniel Webster. Andrew Johnson ...

Zachary Taylor was the reluctant candidate of the Whig Party, which nominated him purely on his reputation as a hero of the Mexican–American War. He defeated Democrat Lewis Cass. The election was ...

But seasoned war veteran Zachary ... in Zachary Taylor. Taylor's success in the Mexican War gained him other admirers as well. Among those were the leadership of the Whig Party, which nominated ...