From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in addition to information on the Presidents themselves, they have first lady and cabinet member biographies, listings of presidential staff and advisers, and timelines detailing significant events in the lives of each administration.
Site commemorating the first battle of the U.S.-Mexican War in May 1846. General Zachary Taylor led 2,300 soldier into battle at this site. From the National Park Service.
Taylor was the first president who had no prior elected office experience.
Taylor is the only person to win the Congressional Gold Medal more than twice.
Taylor refused all postage due correspondences. Because of this, he didn't receive notification of his nomination for president until several days later.
As a soldier always moving from location to location, Taylor never established an official place of residence and never registered to vote. It wasn't until he was 62 that he cast his first ballot.
November 7, 1848 was the first time a presidential election was held on the same day in every state.
Visitors to the White House would take souvenir horse hairs from Whitey, Taylor's old Army horse that he kept on the White House lawn.
Taylor's remains were exhumed in 1991 to determine if he had been the victim of arsenic poisoning. Tests concluded he had not been poisoned with arsenic.
Quotes:
“I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.”
“It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.”
“The idea that I should become President seems to me too visionary to require a serious answer. It has never entered my head, nor is it likely to enter the head of any other person.”
“I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me.”
Pres. Taylor Never Voted and Ended the Whigs- a Presidential Story Ep. 23