Who or what killed President Zachary Taylor? — Mistakes Were Made
5 min readFeb 17, 2020
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States and the last slave holding person to be elected to the office. During Taylor’s Presidential tenure, slavery and the extension of it to western land was the hot button issue. California population was growing because of the gold rush and there was pressure to usher it into the union ASAP. Though Taylor was a slaveholder…