led by General Zachary Taylor and General William J. Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that supported ...

Located at the historic intersection of Peoples and Mesquite Streets, Furman Plaza has been a fixture in the city for most of ...

A Mexican-American War hero, Zachary Taylor made it to the White House without being elected to any previous public office. Taylor earned the nickname “Old Rough and Ready” because he was ...

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 ...

The main parallel begins with Zachary Taylor’s converting his fame as a Mexican-American War hero into commandeering ... Taylor’s wealth to Trumpify the general, using the fact that as a ...

led by General Zachary Taylor and General William J. Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that supported ...