But seasoned war veteran Zachary Taylor emerged from the Mexican War a hero, and won election to the presidency. Born in Montebello, Virginia, on November 24, 1784, Zachary Taylor moved to ...

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 ...

Born: November 24, 1784, near Barboursville, Virginia... Born in Virginia, raised in Kentucky, with a home in Louisiana and a plantation in Mississippi, Zachary Taylor lived the nomadic life of a ...