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Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

1784 CE1850 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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Washington, D.C.

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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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