Zachary Taylor Quotes
I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what I considered to be an honest duty, but I have been mistaken; my motives have been misconstrued and my feelings grossly betrayed.
Smith, Elbert B. The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore. University Press of Kansas, 1988, p. 156.
This is one of the more candid and honest description of the reality of a new Presidential Administration making the transition from the old administration.
Bush had an economically poor administration and was not retuned to office. He blamed the Chairman in great part for not lowering interest rates and stimulating the economy. Greenspan, however, under President Clinton presided subsequently over the strongest 8 years in U. S. History.
Zachary Taylor was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor previously was a career officer in the United States Army, rose to the rank of major general and became a national hero as a result of his victories in the Mexican–American War. As a result, he won election to the White House despite his vague political beliefs. His top priority as president was preserving the Union. He died sixteen months into his term, having made no progress on the most divisive issue in Congress, slavery.
