#12 Zachary Taylor- The Reluctant President
11/24/1784 – 7/9/1850 Party: Whig Timeline; 1849-1850 Taylor enlisted in the Army in 1806 and was commissioned first lieutenant of the infantry in 1808. He served for almost 40 years, going through the War of 1812, Blackhawk War (1832) and the Second Seminole War (1835-1842) where he reached the rank of brigadier general, eventually advancing…