1849 - 1850 1850 – After President Taylor's death - Compromise
of 1850 allows for the admittance into the Union of territories
acquired from Mexico as non- slave states. ( This included
present day New Mexico or Arizona). Zachary Taylor was born at
Montebello, Virginia, in 1784. He fought in the War of 1812, the
Black Hawk War, and the Seminole War, while also holding desk
jobs in Washington. He was made a brigadier general, and during
the war with Mexico, he defeated Santa Ana at Buena Vista in
1847. Margaret Smith Taylor was born in Maryland in 1788. while
visiting a sister in Kentucky, she met Lieutenant Taylor. They
were married in 1810, and she cheerfully followed her husband
from one garrison to another in his military career. The Taylors
had six children, two of whom died in childhood. Because of
residing in so many locations during his 40 years as a military
man, President Zachary Taylor had never cast a vote for
president when he was elected to that office. As president, he
took a firm stand against