A Mexican-American War hero, Zachary Taylor made it to the White House without being elected ... Explore the life of the president with a short biographical video and 'Bell Ringer' classroom ...

When he returned to the Executive Mansion, now called the White House, he consumed ice water ... 16 months into his term ...

Zachary Taylor was the reluctant candidate of the Whig Party, which nominated him purely on his reputation as a hero of the Mexican–American War. He defeated Democrat Lewis Cass. The election was ...

Born in Virginia, raised in Kentucky, with a home in Louisiana and a plantation in Mississippi, Zachary Taylor lived the nomadic life of a career soldier, never casting a vote. Although a slave ...

the second and last elected Whig president, Zachary Taylor. I suspect we disagree less than that chain of responses would imply. There is much to recommend in his caution that Trump could do to ...

Soldiers from Fort Knox paid tribute to President Zachary Taylor in Louisville Monday. They laid a wreath at his gravesite at the national cemetery in Louisville that bears his name. Sunday marked ...

But seasoned war veteran Zachary Taylor emerged from ... His performance in the Seminole War won Taylor the rank of brigadier general. In 1845 President James K. Polk sent Taylor with a ...

A powerful congressman from New York, Millard Fillmore was Zachary Taylor’s vice president and ascended to the presidency upon Taylor’s death. Challenges: Millard Fillmore inherited the uncompleted ...

The list includes two presidents - William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor. Three first ladies and one first child - Willie Lincoln - also died inside the White House. The White House has had ...