Zachary Taylor: Mexican-American War Hero

Zachary Taylor

The 12th President of the United States. A career soldier who served for many years on the Western and Southern frontiers of the United States and in conflicts with Native Americans, he became a national hero in the Mexican-American War with victories at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey, and Buena Vista. He was elected as the Whig Party candidate in the presidential election of 1848, but died in office after serving for only 16 months.

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Year	Zachary Taylor
1784	Birth of Zachary Taylor (Period: November 24, 1784, Location: Near Barboursville, Virginia)
1808	Enlistment and Commissioning in the U.S. Army (Age: 23 years old, Period: 1808, Location: United States of America)
1810	Marriage (Zachary Taylor, Margaret Mackall Smith, Age: 25 years old, Period: June 21, 1810, Location: Around Louisville, Kentucky)
1812	War of 1812 (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1812–1815, Location: Southern United States, especially around Alabama and Tennessee) Defense of Fort Harrison (Age: 27 years old, Period: September 1812, Location: Fort Harrison, Indiana Territory)
1832	Black Hawk War (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1832, Location: Illinois / Wisconsin Territory)
1835	Second Seminole War (Age: 50 years old, Period: 1835–1842, Location: Florida)
1837	Battle of Lake Okeechobee (Age: 53 years old, Period: December 25, 1837, Location: Around Lake Okeechobee, Florida)
1845	Deployment to the Mexican Border (Age: 60 years old, Period: 1845–1846, Location: Corpus Christi, Texas / Around the Rio Grande)
1846	Mexican-American War (Age: 61 years old, Period: 1846–1848, Location: Mexico / American Southwest) Military Success in the Mexican-American War (Age: 61 years old, Period: 1846–1847, Location: Texas / Northern Mexico) Battle of Palo Alto (Age: 61 years old, Period: May 8, 1846, Location: Near Brownsville, Texas / North Bank of the Rio Grande) Battle of Resaca de la Palma (Age: 61 years old, Period: May 9, 1846, Location: Near Brownsville, Texas) Battle of Monterrey (Age: 61 years old, Period: September 21–24, 1846, Location: Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico)
1847	Battle of Buena Vista (Age: 62 years old, Period: February 22–23, 1847, Location: Buena Vista, near Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico)
1848	1848 Presidential Election (Zachary Taylor, Age: 63 years old, Period: 1848, Location: United States of America)
1849	Issue of Statehood for California and New Mexico (Age: 64 years old, Period: 1849–1850, Location: Washington, D.C. / California / New Mexico) Opposition to the Expansion of Slavery in Western Territories (Age: 64 years old, Period: 1849–1850, Location: Washington, D.C. / California / New Mexico) Inauguration as the 12th President of the United States (Zachary Taylor, Age: 64 years old, Period: March 5, 1849, Location: Washington, D.C.)
1850	Conflict over the Compromise of 1850 (Age: 65 years old, Period: 1850, Location: Washington, D.C.) Sudden Death of Taylor (Age: 65 years old, Period: July 4–9, 1850, Location: Washington, D.C.) Death of Zachary Taylor (Age: 65 years old, Period: July 9, 1850) Death During Presidency (Age: 65 years old, Period: July 9, 1850, Location: Washington, D.C.)

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Group	List
The Randolph Family	Peyton Randolph John Randolph of Roanoke Edmund Jennings Randolph Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. John Randolph
The Harrison Family	Benjamin Harrison V Carter Henry Harrison I William Henry Harrison Carter Bassett Harrison Benjamin Harrison IV
Wars with Indigenous Peoples and Territorial Expansion	Andrew Jackson William Henry Harrison John Sevier Isaac Shelby Tecumseh William Weatherford Pushmataha Osceola Sequoyah
Texas annexation	James Knox Polk John Tyler Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Samuel Houston Stephen Fuller Austin

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