Today, I consider what lessons might be learned from the presidency of Zachary ... later days of his administration there was the Galphin affair. Before joining the Taylor cabinet, the Secretary ...

On this day in 1850, Zachary Taylor, the nation’s 12th president, died at age 65. Taylor had fallen mortally ill five days earlier, some 16 months into his term. His vice president, Millard ...

A similar scenario unfolded in 1848, when General Zachary Taylor ... Taylor parlayed his outsider appeal to defeat Lewis Cass, an experienced former Cabinet secretary and senator.

Troy finds eerie similarities in the 1848 election of Zachary Taylor ... Taylor parlayed his outsider appeal to defeat Lewis Cass, an experienced former Cabinet secretary and senator.

Born in Montebello, Virginia, on November 24, 1784, Zachary Taylor moved to Kentucky with his parents as an infant. Taylor grew up on what was then the frontier, and enlisted in the army in 1806.

SOLDIERS FROM FORT KNOX PAID TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR. THEY LAID A WREATH THIS MORNING AT THE GRAVESIDE AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY HERE IN LOUISVILLE, WHICH BEARS HIS NAME. SUNDAY MARKED ...

Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, has Louisville roots dating back to his childhood, but not every "Taylor" landmark in the city and state is named after him. Taylor died of ...

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank joins historians Catherine Clinton and Joseph Uscinski to talk about military hero Zachary Taylor and the assassination theories that swirled around his ...

"The 11th President had spent the previous evening with Congress trying to pass some final appropriation bills before turning the Oval Office over to the incoming Zachary ... Taylor,” Polk wrote ...

A Mexican-American War hero, Zachary Taylor made it to the White ... He won the election of 1848 by just 36 electoral votes. Taylor brought his horse “Old Whitey” with him to Washington.

Born in Montebello, Virginia, on November 24, 1784, Zachary Taylor moved to Kentucky with his parents as an infant. Taylor grew up on what was then the frontier, and enlisted in the army in 1806.