GC2EEJD American Presidents: Zachary Taylor 1
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: mbeck99 @ | Hide Date: 09/01/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 51.177 W104° 48.505 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
 

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Taylor was a career soldier . Starting with a commission as a first lieutenant, in 1808, he fought in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, and the Second Seminole War. President Polk sent an army under his command to the Rio Grande in 1846. When the Mexicans attacked Taylor's troops, Taylor defeated the Mexicans, despite being outnumbered 4-to-1, and Polk declared war.

He received the Whig nomination for President in 1848, although he had never even bothered to vote before. His homespun ways were political assets, his long military record would appeal to northerners, and his ownership of slaves would attract southern votes. Taylor earned a footnote in Presidential history before he even took office. His term of service was scheduled to begin at noon on March 4, 1849, but being a Sunday, Taylor refused to be sworn in until the following day. Vice President Millard Fillmore also was not sworn on that day. As a result, the nation technically had no President or Vice President for one day.

Although Taylor had subscribed to Whig principles of legislative leadership, he was not inclined to be a puppet of Whig leaders in Congress. He acted at times as though he were above parties and politics. As disheveled as always, Taylor tried to run his administration in the same rule-of-thumb fashion with which he had fought Indians.

In February 1850 President Taylor had held a stormy conference with southern leaders who threatened secession. He told them that if necessary to enforce the laws, he personally would lead the Army. Persons "taken in rebellion against the Union, he would hang ... with less reluctance than he had hanged deserters and spies in Mexico." He never wavered.

After participating in ceremonies at the Washington Monument on a blistering July 4, 1850, Taylor fell ill; he died of acute indigestion five days later, after just 16 months in office. Taylor was succeeded by his vice president, Millard Fillmore.

Congratulations to CacheCrewCO for the FTF.

07/05/2019 By TexDoc56
I was in this area to get a few of the newer caches and this one was close by.
Quick find, all is well here, TFTC

07/02/2019 By SpeckGL
Yay! Came back with a sharpie so a could sign the log.

07/02/2019 By SpeckGL
Forgot a pencil! But took a picture of the log. TFTC!

06/28/2019 By DaHoudes
Fun quick find. Put a small prize in it and signed the log. TFTC!

06/28/2019 By GhostlyImage
Found it! Pretty green. We are working on a new streak and this find today helps carry us ever forward towards our goal. SL. Thanks for placing this here.

08/18/2018 By Huff-Suter
Little bit of Texas here in Colorado for a few days as we head towards Wyoming to drop our son off for college. Doing some site seeing and adding a few smileys to our map. Thanks for maintaining and placing the cache.

08/18/2018 By Magnum-PSI
Picking up some caches in Colorado Springs as I move to Wyoming. This was a very nice park and grab with the gang, the weather is definitely a lot nicer then Houston Tx.

07/24/2018 By positanofamily1
Tftc. No pen as we are in a rental car on vacay. Pic to prove find.

07/16/2018 By RPieperCO
Thanks for the fun cache! I was in the area grabbing a couple other caches and this was close by so I decided to stop in for it. Neat little spot here! There were a couple muggles and their muggle pups that I had to wait out for a few but they passed quickly. Spotted the cache quickly. Stamped and replaced. All is well here! Thanks for placing this cache for us all to enjoy!

07/15/2018 By NanCycle
Good combination of cache name and location. Found after looking for a bit. Thanks for hiding this cache.