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born	active	died
1784, Nov 24	1849-1850	1850, Jul 9

the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general.

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	11/24/1784	-	Future US president Zachary Taylor is born	Additional Information: History.com: Zachary Taylor is born
	06/21/1810	-	Zachary Taylor marries Margaret Smith in Louisville, Kentucky	Additional Information: History.com: Zachary Taylor and Richard Nixon marry their future first ladies
	05/08/1846	-	Zachary Taylor fights in the first major battle of the Mexican-American War at Palo Alto Texas	Additional Information: History.com: Zachary Taylor fights the Battle of Palo Alto Wikipedia: Battle of Palo Alto
	05/24/1846	-	General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Battle of Monterrey
	09/25/1846	-	U.S. troops under General Zachary Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico	Additional Information: PBS: US-Mexican War: The Capture of Monterrey
	02/23/1847	-	Battle of Buena Vista: U.S. troops, led by Zachary Taylor, beat Mexican army	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Battle of Buena Vista
	11/07/1848	-	General Zachary Taylor elected as president of US
	03/04/1849	-	U.S. has no president, James K. Polk's term ended on a Sunday, Zachary Taylor can't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison's (President pro tem) term ended on March 3rd
	03/05/1849	-	Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Inauguration of Zachary Taylor
	07/09/1850	-	Millard Fillmore sworn-in as president of U.S. (replacing Zachary Taylor, who suddenly died)	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Millard Fillmore
	07/09/1850	-	President dies of cholera	Additional Information: History.com: President Taylor dies of cholera History.com: President Zachary Taylor dies unexpectedly
	07/10/1850	-	Vice President Millard Fillmore becomes President following Zachary Taylor's death	Additional Information: History.com: Millard Fillmore sworn in as president

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Politics:	Party: Whig Vice President: Millard Fillmore
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Joseph Henry Bush
...concerning the details of his life. He painted portraits of Zachary Taylor, Clough Marshall Anderson, Dr. Benjamin...
Millard Fillmore
...appointed the only Whig Supreme Court Justice. As Zachary Taylor's vice president, he assumed the presidency after...

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I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.

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