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5 Things
Everyone Should Know about Zachary Taylor
- Taylor's daughter Sarah was briefly the wife of Jefferson Davis, later President of the Confederacy. The two were married in 1835, but Sarah died of malaria three months later.
- Taylor's son Richard served as a general in the Confederate Army.
- One man who served under Taylor during the Mexican-American War was Ulysses S. Grant, who would go on to win the Civil War for the Union and served as President.
- Taylor was the first President to appoint a Secretary of the Interior. His predecessor in the White House, James K. Polk, had signed the bill creating the new Cabinet-level department in his last days in office.
- He was the last President to own slaves while in office.
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