But seasoned war veteran Zachary Taylor emerged from the Mexican War ... As a commander, he fought the British in the War of 1812, and Native Americans in the Black Hawk War of 1832 and the ...

Looking now to “Old Rough and Ready” - Zachary Taylor Prior to becoming the twelfth president Taylor joined the military at the age of 22 and went on to serve in the War of 1812. But it was ...

Some saw this as a betrayal of the Monroe Doctrine. General Zachary Taylor, a hero of the Mexican War, was an ideal Whig candidate — a military hero (appealing to Northerners), a slave-holder ...