A similar scenario unfolded in 1848, when General Zachary Taylor, a roughhewn career soldier who had never even voted in a presidential election, conquered the Whig Party.

A severe split within the Whig ranks, between partisans of Henry Clay and those of Zachary Taylor, preceded the party’s convention in June 1848. In fact, the party never emerged from the other side.

Zachary Taylor, Library of Congress. Terms: 1849-1850 Political Party: Whig First Lady: Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor Vice President: Millard Fillmore. Overview ...

President Zachary Taylor dies after 16 months in office: July 9, 1850. ... The victory made Taylor a national hero and led to his presidential nomination by the Whig Party in 1848.

Zachary Taylor, the only president of the United States to call Louisiana home, famously had little interest in the job. ... Whig Party leaders, who had opposed the Mexican-American War, ...

The Whig party was founded in 1834 principally to oppose Andrew Jackson. It supported protective tariffs, ... Zachary Taylor and John Quincy Adams as well as Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.

Upon Fillmore’s taking office, Taylor’s Presidential Cabinet resigned. Fillmore quickly made known his allegiance to the Whig Party. President Fillmore would voice his support for the ...

Millard Fillmore, Whig, 1852. Fillmore also ascended to the presidency following the death of the incumbent. In this case it was Zachary Taylor, who died in 1850.

Among those were the leadership of the Whig Party, which nominated him as their presidential candidate in 1848. Taylor won the election, defeating Democratic candidate Lewis Cass by a fairly ...