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Zachary Taylor Presidency Timeline He impeded the Compromise of 1850 on the issue of Slavery |
Zachary Taylor Presidency Timeline |
Zachary Taylor Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events 1849 - His inauguration as 12th President of the United States 1849 - The conflicts of the Apache Wars (1849 -1924) continued in the Southwest and led to the short lived Jicarilla War fought between the Jicarilla Apaches and Ute warriors against the US 1849 - He spent the first weeks of his Presidency deciding on his cabinet and in the summer of 1849 Taylor toured the northeastern U.S. 1850 - In May 1850 debates in Congress raged over whether slavery should be expanded into the territories of California, New Mexico, and Utah that were won during the Mexican War. 1850 - The Compromise of 1850, were legislative measures enacted by Congress to reconcile the differences existing between the North and South concerning the issue of Slavery in newly formed US Territories. President Taylor impeded the passage of the bill because he favored admission of California and New Mexico as free states 1850 - The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 1850 - The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was signed with Britain guaranteeing that any future canal across Central America would be available to all nations. 1850 - The Galphin scandal in which the Galphin Estate was at the center of a dispute between the government and the Galphin family. A scandal arose involving George Crawford a member of the cabinet and the Secretary of the Treasury William Meredith 1850 - The President Zachary Taylor died in office on July 9, 1850 of "acute indigestion" after eating a bowl of cherries. His untimely death led to rumors that he was poisoned by pro-slavery Southerners 1850 - Vice President Millard Fillmore took the oath of office the day after his death. The next US President was therefore Millard Fillmore Zachary Taylor Timeline of important Events Zachary Taylor Timeline - American Historama Zachary Taylor Presidency Timeline |