12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
“Old Rough and Ready”
- In office
- March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
- Party
- Whig
- Home state
- Louisiana
- Lived
- 1784–1850
- Days in office
- 492
- In order
- No. 12: after James K. Polk, before Millard Fillmore
- Vice president
- Millard Fillmore
Key achievements & events
- War hero of the Mexican-American War with no prior political experience
- Pushed for California to join the Union as a free state
- Signed the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Britain about a future Central American canal
Remember: He never voted in a presidential election before his own. He died suddenly of a stomach illness after 16 months in office.