Zachary Taylor

POLITICAL PARTY
Whig

RELIGION
Episcopalian

VITALS
5 ft 8 in / 170 lbs

CAREER
1808 First Lieutenant, U.S. Army 7th Infantry Regiment, Kentucky
1810 Promoted to captain, Louisville, Kentucky
1811 Brevit Major, Indiana Territory
1815-17 Commander, Fort Howard, Green Bay, Michigan territory
1819-24 Promoted to Lieutenant colonel, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1846 Promoted to major general following Battle of Palo Alto
1847 Received 3 Congressional Gold Medals following the Battle of Buena Vista

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
November 7, 1848
Popular: Taylor 1,361,393 (47%) Lewis Cass 1,223,460 (42%) Martin Van Buren 291,501 (10%)
Electoral: Taylor 163 Cass 127

VICE PRESIDENT
Millard Fillmore (1849-1850)

ADMINISTRATION
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850)

FIRST LADY
Margaret “Peggy” Mackall Smith (1849-1850)

“I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish - nothing to serve but my country.”
Letter to Capt. J. S. Allison, April 22, 1848

Portrait of Zachary Taylor by Joseph Henry Bush, 1848.