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Zachary Taylor - "12th" - (March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850)
Born: November 24, 1784, Orange County, Virginia
Died: July 9, 1850, White House, Washington, D.C. (Bilious Fever - 65)
Interred: Louisville, Kentucky
64 years old, Episcopalian, Soldier, Farmer, Whig
Parents: Richard & Sarah (Strother) Taylor
Married: June 21, 1810, to Margaret Mackall Smith
Children: Ann Mackall (1811-75); Sarah Knox (1814-35); Octavia P. (1816-20); Margaret Smith (1819-20); Mary Elizabeth (1824-1909); Richard (1826-79)
Also served:
No other political office
Vice President: Millard Fillmore of New York
Fact:
Was one of only two Presidents to die in the White House
Second cousin of President Madison
Fourth cousin once removed of Robert E. Lee
Fourth cousin three times removed of President Franklin Roosevelt
Never voted in any election
Nickname: "Old Rough and Ready"
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