Zachary Taylor
Old Rough Ready
Zachary Taylor was the twelfth president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850.
A career military officer, he earned the nickname "Old Rough and Ready" as a general in the Mexican-American War.
His presidency was brief—he died sixteen months into his term, likely from acute gastroenteritis.
Widespread, not specialized
- Mexican-American War1840s territorial conflict
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- soldierArmed forces member
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
Army · hero · Florida · Texas · cavalry · infantry · tactics · battlefield
Bluegrass State
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- planterContainer for greenery
- slaveholderOwner of enslaved persons
- LouisianaGulf Coast pelican state
plantation · Baton Rouge · family · son · daughter · upbringing · education · land
Formal beginning ceremony
- Compromise of 1850Five bills balancing slave-state interests
- Gold RushHistoric prospector migration
- sectionalismGeographic loyalty over national
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
Union · antebellum · expansionism · Manifest Destiny · foreign policy · vetoes · executive · administration
Inflamed digestive tract illness
- suddenOccurring without prior notice
- illnessState of poor health
- feverElevated body temperature
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
symptoms · cherries · milk · White House · funeral · unexpected · conspiracy theories · exhumation
- platformRaised flat structure
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
nomination · ticket · convention · federalism · banking · opposition · Democrats · ideology
general
Widespread, not specialized
- Mexican-American War1840s territorial conflict
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- soldierArmed forces member
officer · Army · hero · Florida · Texas · cavalry · infantry · tactics · battlefield · victory
Kentucky
Bluegrass State
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- planterContainer for greenery
- slaveholderOwner of enslaved persons
Louisiana · plantation · Baton Rouge · family · son · daughter · upbringing · education · land · cotton
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- Compromise of 1850Five bills balancing slave-state interests
- Gold RushHistoric prospector migration
- sectionalismGeographic loyalty over national
cabinet · Union · antebellum · expansionism · Manifest Destiny · foreign policy · vetoes · executive · administration · White House
gastroenteritis
Inflamed digestive tract illness
acute · symptoms · cherries · milk · White House · funeral · unexpected · conspiracy theories · exhumation · autopsy
Henry Clay
- platformRaised flat structure
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
nationalism · nomination · ticket · convention · federalism · banking · opposition · Democrats · ideology · constitutionality
Zachary TaylorFranklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt · FDR · George Washington · Thomas Jefferson · Abraham Lincoln
Zachary TaylorAbraham Lincoln
Civil War era leader
James Buchanan · Martin Van Buren · John Quincy Adams · John Adams · Barack Obama
Zachary TaylorJames Buchanan
Martin Van Buren · Richard Nixon · Lyndon B. Johnson · Joe Biden · party boss