The rough-hewn general who rose to the nationâs highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the first political skirmishes that would lead to the Civil War
Zachary Taylor was a soldierâs soldier, a man who lived up to his nickname, âOld Rough and Ready.â Having risen through the ranks of the U.S. Army, he achieved his greatest success in the Mexican War, propelling him to the nationâs highest office in the election of 1848. He was the first man to have been elected president without having held a lower political office.
John S. D. Eisenhower, the son of another soldier-president, shows how Taylor rose to the presidency, where he confronted the most contentious political issue of his age: slavery. The political storm reached a crescendo in 1849, when California, newly populated after the Gold Rush, applied for statehood with an anti- slavery constitution, an event that upset the delicate balance of slave and free states and pushed both sides to the brink. As the acrimonious debate intensified, Taylor stood his ground in favor of Californiaâs admissionâdespite being a slaveholder himselfâbut in July 1850 he unexpectedly took ill, and within a week he was dead. His truncated presidency had exposed the fateful rift that would soon tear the country apart.
Categories:
- History
- United States
- State & Local
- United States
Publisher : Times Books
Author : Eisenhower, John S. D.
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2008-05-27
Number Of Pages : 167
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0805082379
ISBN-13 : 9780805082371
Item weight : 0.7 lb
Dimensions : 0.8 in x 5.7 in x 8.3 in
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