Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, has Louisville roots dating back to his childhood, but not every "Taylor" landmark in the city and state is named after him.

Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, has Louisville roots dating back to his childhood, but not every "Taylor" landmark in the city and state is named after him.

Born in Montebello, Virginia, on November 24, 1784, Zachary Taylor moved to Kentucky with his parents as an infant. Taylor grew up on what was then the frontier, and enlisted in the army in 1806.

Zachary Taylor, the only president of the United States to call Louisiana home, famously had little interest in the job. The lifelong military man didn’t even know that he’d been ...

The nomination of Zachary Taylor was, if anything, a symptom of the Whigs’ lack of underlying consensus principles. But Taylor was a genuine military hero, humble about his lack of political ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On this Memorial Day, we remember the millions of people who've sacrificed for our country and our freedoms. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery's the final resting place for more ...

"It's not." Troy finds eerie similarities in the 1848 election of Zachary Taylor, whom he describes as "an inexperienced, unqualified, loutish, wealthy outsider with ambiguous party loyalties." ...