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Zachary Taylor
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Other
| May 14, 1832 | Some militia under Col. Zachary Taylor attack Blackhawk Indians coming to discuss a truce. The Blackhawk kill 12 settlers. | |
| May 8, 1846 | Zachary Taylor wins the battle of Palo Alto | |
| Mexican American War | ||
| May 9, 1846 | Zachary Taylor wins the battle of Resaca de la Palma | |
| Mexican American War | ||
| August 19, 1846 | Zachary Taylor begins a move toward Monterrey | |
| Mexican American War | ||
| September 21, 1846 September 23, 1846 |
Battle of Monterrey, Mexico | |
| Mexican American War | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| February 22, 1847 February 23, 1847 |
Battle of Buena Vista (Mexican-American War) | |
| George Thomas | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| Mexican American War | ||
| June 7, 1848 June 9, 1848 |
Whigs meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nominees included Zachary Taylor, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and Winfield Scott. Taylor wins the nomination on the fourth ballot | Pennsylvania |
| Daniel Webster | ||
| Henry Clay | ||
| Winfield Scott | ||
| Election of 1848 | ||
| November 7, 1848 | Zachary Taylor (Whig) defeats Lewis Cass (Democrat) and Martin Van Buren (Freesoil) in the Presidential Election of 1848 | |
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| Election of 1848 | ||
| Democratic Party | ||
| September 12, 1849 | Abraham Lincoln writes a letter to John M. Clayton, rejecting President Zachary Taylor's offer for Lincoln to become territorial governor of Oregon | Oregon |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| July 4, 1850 | Following an Independence Day celebration centered around the as yet unfinished Washington Monumnent, Zachary Taylor becomes sick. | |
| July 9, 1850 | President Taylor dies of gastroenteritis. Millard Fillmore becomes President | |
| Compromise of 1850 | ||
| Millard Fillmore |
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor is best remembered for two contributions to the United States -- his command ofU. S. forces in northern Mexico during the Mexican American War and his desire to admit the state of California to the United States, which precipated a constitutional crisis that was solved by the Compromise of 1850.
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Zachary Taylor is best remembered for two contributions to the United States -- his command of
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Compromise of 1850
Mexican American War
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Zachary Taylor was last changed on - November 5, 2006
Zachary Taylor was added in 2005
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