It was while engaged in this business that Mr. Coleman, then a steamboat Captain, kidnapped President-elect Zachary Taylor by way of a joke. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

their ticket was headed by former President Martin Van Buren. Challenges: Despite being a southerner and a wealthy slave owner, the apolitical Zachary Taylor sought to be a unifying figure in his ...

Dan McLaughlin is distressed that poor Zachary Taylor “deserves ... that the party never recovered. Taylor was the last Whig president as the party soon imploded. Party break ups are messy ...

But seasoned war veteran Zachary Taylor emerged from ... His performance in the Seminole War won Taylor the rank of brigadier general. In 1845 President James K. Polk sent Taylor with a ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Looking now to “Old Rough and Ready” - Zachary Taylor Prior to becoming the twelfth ...

Born in Virginia, raised in Kentucky, with a home in Louisiana and a plantation in Mississippi, Zachary ... Taylor won a narrow victory over Cass. November 7, 1848, was the first time that ...