Zachary Taylor, The 12th American President

Description of Illustration: greyscale of President Taylor, military dress, bust only

      Zachary Taylor, an American general, and twelfth President of the United States, was born in Virginia in 1784; removed while a child with his father to Kentucky; entered the army in 1808; was a captain in 1812, and a colonial in 1832; served in the Black Hawk war, and was appointed commander-in-chief in Florida after gaining, in 1837, a decisive victory over the Seminoles. He was sent with a small army to Mexico in 1845. He gained the victories of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, and Resaca de la Ralma on the day following, and was made a major-general. For his peculiar method of conducting a campaign he recieved from his soldiers the sobriquet of "Rough-and-Ready." He gained over the Mexicans commanded by Santa Anna (February 22, 1847) the decisive victory of Buena Vista and in 1848, having been nominated by the Whig party, he was elected President of the United States. In this high position he pursued a wise, impartial, and patriotic course. He died July 9, 1850 - Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary, Thomas, 1883

 

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