PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR

12th President of the United States (March 5, 1849 to July 9, 1850) Nickname: "Old Rough and Ready" Born: November 24, 1784, near Barboursville, Virginia Died: July 9, 1850, in Washington, D.C. Father: Lieutenant Colonel Richard Taylor Mother: Sarah Dabney Strother Taylor Married: Margaret Mackall Smith (1788-1852), on June 21, 1810 Children: Ann Mackall Taylor (1811-75); Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-35); Octavia P. Taylor (1816-20); Margaret Smith Taylor (1819-20); Mary Elizabeth Taylor (1824-1909); Richard Taylor (1826-79) Religion: Episcopalian Education: No formal education Occupation: Soldier Political Party: Whig Other Government Positions: None Presidential Salary: $25,000/year Points of Interest: Taylor refused all postage due correspondences. Because of this, he didn't receive notification of his nomination for president until several days later. As a soldier always moving from location to location, Taylor never established an offical place of residence and never registered to vote, He didn't even vote in his own election. It wasn't until he was 62 that he cast his first ballot. November 7, 1848 was the first time a presidential election was held on the same day in every state. Visitors to the White House would take souvenier horse hairs from Whitey, Taylor's old Army horse that he kept on the White House lawn.

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