# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:45:10.952Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born into a plantation family that moved from Virginia to Kentucky, Taylor was commissioned in the U.S. Army in 1808 and made his name as a captain in the War of 1812. He climbed ranks building forts along the Mississippi and leading troops in the Black Hawk War, then earned the nickname "Old Rough and Ready" during the Second Seminole War. When war with Mexico erupted in 1846, he won at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, drove into Mexico for victory at Monterrey, and — defying orders — repelled Santa Anna's larger force at Buena Vista. The Whig Party convinced the reluctant general to run in 1848; he won despite vague politics and no prior office. As president he held Congress and his Cabinet at arm's length while the Union frayed over slavery in the new western lands. Though a Southerner and slaveholder, he urged settlers in New Mexico and California to draft state constitutions and sidestep the territorial question entirely. On July 9, 1850, a stomach disease killed him before he could move the needle on the one issue that mattered.