Zachary Taylor
12th president of the United States
Term
Party
Vice President
Election Opponents
America at this time...
-Free Soil Party emerged
-Southern leaders threatened succession
Key People of the Presidency
-Henry Clay
-John M. Clayton-secretary of state
-George W. Crawford-secretary of war
-Jacob Collarre-Postmaster general
-Thomas Ewing-secretary of interior
-William M. Meredith-secretary of the treasury
-Reverdy Johnson-attorney general
William B. Presbian-secretary of Navy
Quotes...
Economic Policies
Foreign Policies
-Mexican-American War
-stopped expedition to Cuba
-supported efforts of German liberals in Revolution
-confronted Spain about the arrest of Americans
-assisted England in looking for lost Artic explorers
-built canal across Nicaragua
-Clayton-Buwler Treaty- last act of state
Domestic Policies
-wanted to make California a state
-slavery
-refused to engage directly with Congress
-wanted 2nd Fugitive Slave law
-Compromise of 1850
-New Mexico and Utah territories