The main parallel begins with Zachary Taylor’s converting ... that the party never recovered. Taylor was the last Whig president as the party soon imploded. Party break ups are messy and multi- ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Looking now to “Old Rough and Ready” - Zachary Taylor Prior to becoming the twelfth president Taylor joined the military at the age of 22 and went on to serve ...

She packed a lot of drama into her 21 years. The second daughter of future U.S. President Zachary Taylor, Sarah also was the first wife of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Her parents ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1845 President James K ... Grant noted that while Zachary Taylor cared little for fancy uniforms and spoke little, "on paper he could put his meaning so plainly that there could be no mistaking ...