'Zachary Taylor - 12th President of the United States'

' after(prenominal) Zachary Taylors success in the Mexican War, he became the Whig policy-making partys pencil lead candidate for the governance. Taylors Military magnetic disc appealed to the north, and he gained Confederate votes with slaveholding status, which would afterwards cause logical argument when anti- bondage began & would continue until Taylors death just now over a year into office. some(prenominal) of Taylors presidency would be a dispute in the midst of the North and the s tabuhward of whether territories gained from Mexico would be open(a) to slavery. Northerners stood strongly lowlife the Wilmot Proviso which manifestly prohibited slavery or impulsive servitude in all territory gained from Mexico. Senators in the south were doing some(prenominal) possible to end the Wilmot Proviso.\nIn 1845 Taylor became a famous Indian fighter in the res publicas ongoing state of war with the natives. Taylor posted of hardships of battleground duty. His willin gness to share his stories awarded him the byname of Old rough and Ready. A nickname still utilize today. President Polk and so ordered Taylor to move his troops along the border of the Rio Grande River. aft(prenominal) hostiles broke out President Polk direct General Winfield Scott to lend Taylors soldiery and reinforcements to capture Mexico City. However, Taylor took little than five cat valium volunteers and won the competitiveness of Buena Vista in February of 1847.\nWord public exposure quickly crosswise the nation of Taylors efforts in the Mexican War, the Hero of Buena Vista. twinge compared Taylor to war heroes such(prenominal) as George upper-case letter and Andrew Jackson, both former presidents. Before 1848 Taylor hadnt voted nor expressed his political opinion as an officer in the Army. Taylor was truly a political outsider. Yet, political clubs sprung up among the nation in guard of Taylors candidacy. Taylor didnt spot himself in a party, yet both Nor therners and Southerners supported his candidacy. Taylor or so thought of himself as an independent flag-waving(a) due to the umpteen deaths ... '