Zachary Taylor
1784 CE–1850 CE · Washington, D.C.
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President, taking office in 1849 as a Whig. A career army officer with four decades of service, he became a national hero as a general in the Mexican-American War. He died about sixteen months into his term in July 1850, during the national debate over slavery in the newly acquired western territories, and was succeeded by Millard Fillmore.
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About Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is the area where the teacher Tara Brach founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington in 1998, one of the larger Western vipassanā (insight meditation) communities, drawing on the Theravāda-derived insight tradition.
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- Daoguang Emperor· 1782 CE–1850 CE
- Minh Mang· 1791 CE–1841 CE
- Pedro I of Brazil· 1798 CE–1834 CE
- Bahadur Shah Zafar· 1775 CE–1862 CE
- Robert Peel· 1788 CE–1850 CE
- José de San Martín· 1778 CE–1850 CE
- Osceola (Asi-yahola)· 1804 CE–1838 CE
- Martin Van Buren· 1782 CE–1862 CE
- Mahmud II· 1785 CE–1839 CE
- James K. Polk· 1795 CE–1849 CE
- Louis-Philippe I· 1773 CE–1850 CE
- Ghezo· –1858 CE
- Radama I· 1793 CE–1828 CE
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