Born in Virginia, raised in Kentucky, with a home in Louisiana and a plantation in Mississippi, Zachary Taylor ... and the Free Soil Party candidate Martin Van Buren, Taylor won a narrow victory ...

Fillmore, in extending his patronage, replaced Zachary Taylor supporters with his own supporters, alienating a substantial faction of his party. This caused him to ... would enter the Union as a free ...

But seasoned war veteran Zachary ... in Zachary Taylor. Taylor's success in the Mexican War gained him other admirers as well. Among those were the leadership of the Whig Party, which nominated ...