Some saw this as a betrayal of the Monroe Doctrine. General Zachary Taylor, a hero of the Mexican War, was an ideal Whig candidate — a military hero (appealing to Northerners), a slave-holder ...

The year is 1846, U.S. President James Polk just sent General Zachary Taylor and a number of horse soldiers to Texas to force the claim that the southern border of America is the Rio Grande River.

Deputies captured Zachary Taylor on Wednesday, following a wild high-speed chase Tuesday, according to Sour Lake Police Chief Aaron Burleson. He told KFDM/Fox 4 News on Tuesday that officers ...

But seasoned war veteran Zachary Taylor emerged from the Mexican ... An angry Polk transferred many of Taylor's troops to General Winfield Scott and ordered Taylor to fight only if he needed ...