ZACHARY+TAYLOR

ZACHARY TAYLOR author megan
Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States. He served one term in office 1848-1850.Taylor's political party is Whig. He did not have a good education nor did he got to college. Taylor's only Hobbie was riding his horse.

====Taylor was born November 24,1784 and died July 9, 1850 in the White House. He was born in orange county, Virginia To his father Richard Taylor and his mother Sarah Dabney Strother. Mr. Taylor has four bothers and three sisters. His wife Margaret McCall smith and he had three daughters named Ann, Sarah and Mary Elizabeth, he also had one son Richard. Mr. Taylor's most favorite Hobie was to ride horse"Whitey".====

====President Taylor's education was near Louisville, Kentucky. He did not have much education, nor a college degree. Mr. Taylor always wanted to go into the military, he served forty years in the military as the Major General (1808-1848). President Taylor was in the Mexican War, when the America military beat the Mexican forces in September 1846. Some awards that Taylor got was when he got promoted to Captain and was now called Captain Taylor. The United States went into war with Great Britain in 1812. Zachary Taylor was in command of Fort Harrison in the Wabash River. Although a lot of men who wanted to get honored, and who looked up to their country very disappointed when they didn't get honored.====

====Some fun facts about Zachary Taylor is that his nickname was "old rough and ready". There were many myths about Zachary Taylor, most of those myths were on his death. Some people believe that he died from eating to many cherries, iced milked, and pickled cucumbers, some believe it was from a heat stroke. No one really knows how Taylor died, that will always be the question. " I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My regret is for the friends i leave behind me."-Zachary Taylor.Santa Anna: " Tell him to go to hell.(his reply to Mexican General Santa Anna's demand to surrender)"-Zachary Taylor.====