NICKNAME
Old Rough-and-Ready
BIRTH
November 24, 1784 in Orange County, Virginia
MOTHER
Sarah Davney Strother
FATHER
Richard Taylor
SISTERS
Elizabeth Lee, Sarah Vailey and Emily Richard
BROTHERS
Hancock, William Dabney Strother and Joseph Pannill
MARRIAGE
Margaret Mackall Smith June 21, 1810
in Jefferson County Ky.
CHILDREN
Ann Mackall, Sarah Knox, Octavia, Margaret, Mary,
Elizabeth, and Richard
HIGHER EDUCATION
None
RELIGION
Episcopalian
PRE-PRESIDENCY PROFESSION
Soldier
MILITARY SERVICE
Volunteer in Kentucky militia
Career Military Officer (1808-1848)
Retired a Major General
POLITICAL LIFE
U.S. President One Term (March 5, 1849-July 9, 1850) Died in office
POLITICAL PARTY
Whig
INAUGURATION
March 5, 1849 at the Capitol,At the age of 64
Zachary Taylor - Inaugural Address
PRESIDENCY
Less than one term (March 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)
He died in office after being diagnosed by the doctors as having cholera morbus.
VICE PRESIDENT
Millard Fillmore
FIRST LADY
Margaret Taylor (1849-1850)
Facts About Margaret Taylor
Biography of Margaret Taylor
SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
None
SECRETARY OF STATE
John M. Clayton (1849-1850)
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
William M. Meredith (1849-1850)
SECRETARY OF WAR
George M. Crawford (1849-1850)
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Reverdy Johnson (1849-1850)
POSTMASTER GENERAL
Jacob Collamer (1849-1850)
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
William B. Preston (1849-1850)
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Thomas Ewing, first to serve in this new cabinet post (1849-1850)
DEATH
July 9, 1850 in the White House at the age of 65
He was the second American President to die in office and the second President to die in the White House
BURIAL PLACE
Jefferson County, Kentucky.
LANDMARKS
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
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