Zachary Taylor - 12th President of the United States

later on Zachary Taylors Victory in the Mexican War, he became the Whig political partys leading prospect for the presidency. Taylors Military memorialize appealed to the north, and he gained southern votes with slaveholding status, which would later cause quarrel when anti- slavery began & would continue until Taylors finis just over a year into office. Much of Taylors presidency would be a dispute between the north-central and the South of whether territories gained from Mexico would be undefendable to slavery. Northerners stood strongly behind the Wilmot supply which plainly prohibited slavery or involuntary servitude in any territory gained from Mexico. Senators in the south were doing whatever feasible to block the Wilmot Proviso.\nIn 1845 Taylor became a famous Indian grinder in the state of matters ongoing warfare with the natives. Taylor affix of hardships of field duty. His willingness to share his stories awarded him the dub of Old Rough and Ready. A nickname still utilise today. President Polk then order Taylor to station his troops on the border of the Rio Grande River. After hostiles bust out President Polk displace General Winfield Scott to take Taylors army and reinforcements to capture Mexico City. However, Taylor took slight than five thousand volunteers and won the Battle of Buena Vista in February of 1847.\nWord spread pronto across the nation of Taylors efforts in the Mexican War, the champ of Buena Vista. Press compared Taylor to war heroes such as George Washington and Andrew Jackson, some(prenominal) former presidents. Before 1848 Taylor hadnt voted nor expressed his political assurance as an officer in the Army. Taylor was truly a political outsider. Yet, political clubs sprung up among the nation in support of Taylors candidacy. Taylor didnt identify himself in a party, yet both Northerners and Southerners support his candidacy. Taylor most thought of himself as an independent nationalist repayable to the many deaths ...