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==References == | <p> Twelfth [[President]] of the United States, born in Orange County, Virginia; obtained a lieutenancy in the navy in 1808; first saw service in Indian wars on the north-west frontier; in 1836 cleared the Indians from [[Florida]] and won the brevet of brigadier-general; great victories over the Mexicans on the Texan frontier during 1845-48 raised his popularity to such a pitch that on his return he was carried triumphantly into the Presidency; the burning questions of his brief term of office were the proposed admission of [[California]] as a free State and the extension of slavery into the newly-acquired territory; was a man of strong character, a daring and skilful general, of unassuming manners, and loved by the mass of the people, to whom he was known as "Old [[Rough]] and Ready" (1784-1850). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_80686"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/taylor,+zachary Zachary Taylor from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80686"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/taylor,+zachary Zachary Taylor from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:05, 15 October 2021
Zachary Taylor [1]
Twelfth President of the United States, born in Orange County, Virginia; obtained a lieutenancy in the navy in 1808; first saw service in Indian wars on the north-west frontier; in 1836 cleared the Indians from Florida and won the brevet of brigadier-general; great victories over the Mexicans on the Texan frontier during 1845-48 raised his popularity to such a pitch that on his return he was carried triumphantly into the Presidency; the burning questions of his brief term of office were the proposed admission of California as a free State and the extension of slavery into the newly-acquired territory; was a man of strong character, a daring and skilful general, of unassuming manners, and loved by the mass of the people, to whom he was known as "Old Rough and Ready" (1784-1850).
