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Zachary Taylor

1784 - 1850

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Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican–American War. As a result, he won election to the White House despite his vague political beliefs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zachary Taylor has received more than 8,936,560 page views. His biography is available in 127 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 126 in 2019). Zachary Taylor is the 1,098th most popular politician (up from 1,210th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from United States (up from 377th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Politician.

Zachary Taylor was a military general and the 12th president of the United States. He is most famous for leading the United States to victory in the Mexican-American War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zachary Taylor ranks 1,098 out of 19,576. Before him are Eric XIV of Sweden, Chulalongkorn, Levi Eshkol, Túpac Amaru, Yazdegerd III, and Amalric of Jerusalem. After him are 5th Dalai Lama, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Brennus, Helmut Schmidt, Baldwin II of Jerusalem, and Archduke Otto of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Zachary Taylor ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand VII of Spain, and Jérôme Bonaparte. After him are Friedrich Bessel, Marie-Antoine Carême, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Louis Spohr, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Karl Thomas Mozart, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, and Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily. Among people deceased in 1850, Zachary Taylor ranks 5. Before him are Honoré de Balzac, Louis Philippe I, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, and William Wordsworth. After him are Daoguang Emperor, Báb, José de San Martín, Marie Tussaud, Frédéric Bastiat, Louise of Orléans, and Johann Heinrich von Thünen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zachary Taylor ranks 324 out of 20,380. Before him are Grover Cleveland (1837), Paul Samuelson (1915), George Westinghouse (1846), Henry Miller (1891), Ted Kaczynski (1942), and Angelina Jolie (1975). After him are Ezra Pound (1885), Stevie Wonder (1950), Warren G. Harding (1865), Eminem (1972), Bruce Springsteen (1949), and Philip Kotler (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Zachary Taylor ranks 50. Before him are William Howard Taft (1857), William Jennings Bryan (1860), Jerry Brown (1938), Calvin Coolidge (1872), James Buchanan (1791), and Grover Cleveland (1837). After him are Warren G. Harding (1865), Henry Clay (1777), William Henry Harrison (1773), Jefferson Davis (1808), Sarah Palin (1964), and William McKinley (1843).

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