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Real Name |
Zachary Taylor |
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Born |
November 24, 1784 |
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Died |
July 9, 1850 |
Origin[]
Zachary Taylor, the 12th U.S. president, was a career military officer who became a national hero in the Mexican–American War, earning the nickname “Old Rough and Ready.” Despite vague political views and little interest in politics, he was elected president in 1848 as a Whig, becoming the first president without prior political office.
A Southerner and slaveholder, Taylor prioritized preserving the Union and resisted the expansion of slavery into new territories, urging California and New Mexico to apply directly for statehood. His presidency, however, was cut short after only 16 months when he died of a stomach illness, leaving few accomplishments beyond the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty. He is generally ranked in the bottom tier of U.S. presidents, considered more forgettable than failed.
Public Domain Appearances[]
All published appearances and works of Zachary Taylor from before January 1, 1931 are public domain in the US.
Some notable appearances are listed below:
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- Our Presidents from Washington to Eisenhower
- Life Stories Of American Presidents #1
- Real Life Comics #29
- Gene Autry's Champion #17
- True Comics #79
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- Taylor, Zachary by Robert Carter in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- Taylor, Zachary in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 23) (1888)
- Taylor, Zachary in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- Taylor, Zachary in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- Taylor, Zachary by Isaac Joslin Cox in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- Zachary Taylor by Jefferson Davis in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914, 1914
- Taylor, Zachary in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- Taylor, Zachary by R. C. McGrane in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
- Taylor, Zachary in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
Notes[]
- In an episode of the Time Squad that parodied the original Scooby-Doo cartoon series, the Time Squad went back to the days of President William Howard Taft, who claims that the White House (which has been reduced to a decrepit state) is haunted by the ghosts of former commanders in chief. They investigate and fight a zombie Zachary Taylor, vampire Benjamin Harrison, and Frankenstein-esque James Buchanan, and discover Taft's plot to keep Woodrow Wilson from running for President which gets Taft arrested.