Zachary Taylor Home
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Marker Inscription
Zachary Taylor Home. Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784-July 9, 1850), soldier and twelfth president of the United States, lived here between 1785-1808. For more information, see ExploreKYHistory: Zachary Taylor Home and ExploreKYHistory: President Zachary Taylor
Erected by Kentucky Historical Society
The Story
Zachary Taylor, born in 1784, spent his boyhood on this Louisville-area land as his family carved a plantation out of the Kentucky frontier. He grew up to become a career soldier known as "Old Rough and Ready," whose long service across a string of American wars made him a national hero and carried him to the White House as the twelfth president in 1849. He died in office in 1850.
Why it matters
From a frontier farmstead to the presidency, Taylor's life links the settlement of Kentucky to the mid-century nation whose expansion his battles helped decide.
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