Some saw this as a betrayal of the Monroe Doctrine. General Zachary Taylor, a hero of the Mexican War, was an ideal Whig candidate — a military hero (appealing to Northerners), a slave-holder ...

Zachary Taylor was the reluctant candidate of the Whig Party, which nominated him purely on his reputation as a hero of the Mexican–American War. He defeated Democrat Lewis Cass. The election was ...

Dan McLaughlin is distressed that poor Zachary Taylor “deserves ... Mea culpa. I threw in Taylor’s wealth to Trumpify the general, using the fact that as a slaveholder with plantations in ...

But seasoned war veteran Zachary Taylor emerged from the Mexican ... An angry Polk transferred many of Taylor's troops to General Winfield Scott and ordered Taylor to fight only if he needed ...