Living

[14296]

____ - ____

Father: Harry Elmer Goeller Jr.
Mother: Joyce Virginia Hall

Family 1 : Judith Ellen Scheidel
  1.  Living
  2.  Living

                                                                            _________________________
                                                                           |                         
                                                  _John Frederick Goeller _|_________________________
                                                 | (1859 - 1935) m 1887                              
                           _Harry Elmer Goeller _|
                          | (1888 - 1974) m 1914 |
                          |                      |                          _Cyrus Alexander Sawyer _+
                          |                      |                         | (1844 - 1919) m 1866    
                          |                      |_Alice Zua Sawyer _______|_Delia Frances Hull _____
                          |                        (1868 - 1954) m 1887      (1848 - 1940)           
 _Harry Elmer Goeller Jr._|
| (1918 - ....) m 1938    |
|                         |                                                 _________________________
|                         |                                                |                         
|                         |                       _________________________|_________________________
|                         |                      |                                                   
|                         |_Maude Buzan Rippey __|
|                           (1888 - 1970) m 1914 |
|                                                |                          _________________________
|                                                |                         |                         
|                                                |_________________________|_________________________
|                                                                                                    
|
|--Living
|  
|                                                                           _________________________
|                                                                          |                         
|                                                 _________________________|_________________________
|                                                |                                                   
|                          ______________________|
|                         |                      |
|                         |                      |                          _________________________
|                         |                      |                         |                         
|                         |                      |_________________________|_________________________
|                         |                                                                          
|_Joyce Virginia Hall ____|
  (1919 - ....) m 1938    |
                          |                                                 _________________________
                          |                                                |                         
                          |                       _________________________|_________________________
                          |                      |                                                   
                          |______________________|
                                                 |
                                                 |                          _________________________
                                                 |                         |                         
                                                 |_________________________|_________________________
                                                                                                     

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[14296] living - details excluded

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Sibyl Biornsson

[8438] [8439]

ABT 1014 - 1040

Father: BOEDE of Duff Earl Of Norhumbria

Family 1 : DUNCAN I MacCrinan King Of Scotland
  1. +Malcolm III Caenmor Of Scotland
  2. +Donald III "Bane" King Of Scots
  3.  Margaret of Northumbria
  4.  Beatrix of Scotland
Family 2 : Macbeth (of Moray)
Family 3 : Gillacomgan De Mormaer

                                                                                                     _MALCOLM I (Mael-coluim) King Of Scotland _+
                                                                                                    | (0897 - 0954)                             
                                                                     _DUBH (Duff) King Of Scotland _|___________________________________________
                                                                    | (0930 - 0967)                                                             
                                     _KENNETH III King Of Scotland _|
                                    | (0962 - ....)                 |
                                    |                               |                                ___________________________________________
                                    |                               |                               |                                           
                                    |                               |_______________________________|___________________________________________
                                    |                                                                                                           
 _BOEDE of Duff Earl Of Norhumbria _|
| (0990 - ....)                     |
|                                   |                                                                ___________________________________________
|                                   |                                                               |                                           
|                                   |                                _______________________________|___________________________________________
|                                   |                               |                                                                           
|                                   |_______________________________|
|                                                                   |
|                                                                   |                                ___________________________________________
|                                                                   |                               |                                           
|                                                                   |_______________________________|___________________________________________
|                                                                                                                                               
|
|--Sibyl Biornsson 
|  (1014 - 1040)
|                                                                                                    ___________________________________________
|                                                                                                   |                                           
|                                                                    _______________________________|___________________________________________
|                                                                   |                                                                           
|                                    _______________________________|
|                                   |                               |
|                                   |                               |                                ___________________________________________
|                                   |                               |                               |                                           
|                                   |                               |_______________________________|___________________________________________
|                                   |                                                                                                           
|___________________________________|
                                    |
                                    |                                                                ___________________________________________
                                    |                                                               |                                           
                                    |                                _______________________________|___________________________________________
                                    |                               |                                                                           
                                    |_______________________________|
                                                                    |
                                                                    |                                ___________________________________________
                                                                    |                               |                                           
                                                                    |_______________________________|___________________________________________
                                                                                                                                                

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[8438] !"History of Scotland" by Hume Brown, 1909, Vol. 1, pp.55-62.
"History of Scotland"by Charles Terry, 1920, p.22 & charts.
"Royal Ancestors" by Michel Call, 1989,Chart # 11405.

BIRTH: UNSURE Dane father

[39934] (Her 1st Marr.)

[39935] (His 1st Of 2 marriages)

[39936] (UNSURE this marr.)

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Priscilla Coffin

21ST 12 MO 1730 - 2D 2 MO 1801

Father: Samuel Coffin
Mother: Miriam Gardner

Family 1 : Christopher Coleman

                                                                   _Peter Coffin _______
                                                                  | (.... - 1627)       
                                             _Tristram Coffin Sr._|_Joan Thember _______
                                            | (1605 - 1681)                             
                       _Lieut John Coffin __|
                      | (1647 - ....)       |
                      |                     |                      _Robert Stevans Esq._
                      |                     |                     |                     
                      |                     |_Dionis Stevens _____|_____________________
                      |                                                                 
 _Samuel Coffin ______|
| (.... - 1764) m 1705|
|                     |                                            _____________________
|                     |                                           |                     
|                     |                      _Joseph Austin ______|_____________________
|                     |                     | (1616 - 1653) m 1649                      
|                     |_Deborah Austin _____|
|                       (1651 - ....)       |
|                                           |                      _Edward Starbuck ____+
|                                           |                     | (1604 - ....)       
|                                           |_Sarah Starbuck _____|_Katherine Reynolds _
|                                             (1620 - 1713) m 1649  (1609 - 1690)       
|
|--Priscilla Coffin 
|  
|                                                                  _Thomas Gardner _____+
|                                                                 | (1592 - 1674) m 1616
|                                            _Richard Gardner Sr._|_Margaret Frier _____
|                                           | (1623 - 1688)         (1594 - 1659)       
|                      _Richard Gardner Jr._|
|                     | (1653 - ....)       |
|                     |                     |                      _Samuel Shattuck ____
|                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |_Sarah Shattuck _____|_____________________
|                     |                       (.... - 1724)                             
|_Miriam Gardner _____|
  (1685 - ....) m 1705|
                      |                                            _____________________
                      |                                           |                     
                      |                      _Joseph Austin ______|_____________________
                      |                     | (1616 - 1653) m 1649                      
                      |_Mary Austin ________|
                        (1655 - 1721)       |
                                            |                      _Edward Starbuck ____+
                                            |                     | (1604 - ....)       
                                            |_Sarah Starbuck _____|_Katherine Reynolds _
                                              (1620 - 1713) m 1649  (1609 - 1690)       

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Cicely Grey

[4018] [4019] [4020] [4021] [4022] [4023] [4024] [4025] [4026] [4027]

ABT 1488 - 28 Apr 1554

Father: Thomas Grey
Mother: Cicely Bonville

Family 1 :

                                                                           ___________________________________________
                                                                          |                                           
                                               ___________________________|___________________________________________
                                              |                                                                       
                       _John Grey ____________|
                      | (1432 - 1460) m 1454  |
                      |                       |                            ___________________________________________
                      |                       |                           |                                           
                      |                       |___________________________|___________________________________________
                      |                                                                                               
 _Thomas Grey ________|
| (1451 - 1501) m 1474|
|                     |                                                    ___________________________________________
|                     |                                                   |                                           
|                     |                        ___________________________|___________________________________________
|                     |                       |                                                                       
|                     |_Elizabeth Woodville __|
|                       (1437 - 1492) m 1454  |
|                                             |                            ___________________________________________
|                                             |                           |                                           
|                                             |___________________________|___________________________________________
|                                                                                                                     
|
|--Cicely Grey 
|  (1488 - 1554)
|                                                                          _JOHN Bonville ____________________________+
|                                                                         | (1366 - 1396) m 1392                      
|                                              _William Bonville _________|_ELIZABETH FitzRoger ______________________
|                                             | (1393 - ....) m 1412        (1370 - 1414)                             
|                      _William Bonville _____|
|                     | (1442 - 1460)         |
|                     |                       |                            _Reynold De Grey __________________________+
|                     |                       |                           | (1362 - 1440) m 1378                      
|                     |                       |_Margaret Merriet De Grey _|_Margaret De Ros __________________________
|                     |                         (1393 - 1426) m 1412        (1366 - 1443)                             
|_Cicely Bonville ____|
  (1461 - 1530) m 1474|
                      |                                                    _Ralph De Neville Earl Of Westmoreland 1st_+
                      |                                                   | (1364 - 1426) m 1396                      
                      |                        _Richard De Neville _______|_Joan De Beaufort _________________________
                      |                       | (1400 - 1460)               (.... - 1440)                             
                      |_Catherine de Neville _|
                        (1434 - 1504)         |
                                              |                            _Thomas II De Montague ____________________+
                                              |                           | (1388 - 1428) m 1405                      
                                              |_Alice De Montague ________|_Eleanor (Alianore De Holland _____________
                                                (1405 - 1462)               (1373 - 1405)                             

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[4018] She was the Baroness of Chandos.

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[4021] [S216] Descendant of.....

[4022] [S224] Ancestor of ....

[4023] [S216] Descendant of.....

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[4026] [S225] [Ancestry of President Barack Obama]

[4027] [S212] [Plantagenet Descent]

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Charles Irvine

[39131]

1696 - 28 Mar 1779

Father: Robert Irvine
Mother: Margaret Coutts

Family 1 : Euphemia Douglass
  1.  Anna Irvine
  2.  Margaret Irvine
  3.  Agnes Irvine
  4.  Robert Irvine
  5.  Mary Anne Irvine
  6. +John Robert Irvine
  7.  Robert Irvine
  8.  Isabel Irvine
  9.  Margaret Irvine

                                                                         _Alexander Irvine ___+
                                                                        | (1527 - 1602) m 1552
                                                   _Robert Irvine ______|_Elizabeth Keith ____
                                                  | (1582 - 1644) m 1604  (1535 - 1585)       
                       _Alexander Irvine of Drum _|
                      | (1606 - 1644) m 1625      |
                      |                           |                      _Alexander Skene ____+
                      |                           |                     | (1565 - 1634)       
                      |                           |_Margaret Skene _____|_Margaret Johnston __
                      |                             (1590 - 1657) m 1604  (1575 - 1620)       
 _Robert Irvine ______|
| (1639 - 1728) m 1687|
|                     |                                                  _____________________
|                     |                                                 |                     
|                     |                            _____________________|_____________________
|                     |                           |                                           
|                     |_Jean Irvine Of Fortie ____|
|                       (1609 - ....) m 1625      |
|                                                 |                      _____________________
|                                                 |                     |                     
|                                                 |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                             
|
|--Charles Irvine 
|  (1696 - 1779)
|                                                                        _____________________
|                                                                       |                     
|                                                  _____________________|_____________________
|                                                 |                                           
|                      ___________________________|
|                     |                           |
|                     |                           |                      _____________________
|                     |                           |                     |                     
|                     |                           |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                       
|_Margaret Coutts ____|
  (1665 - 1710) m 1687|
                      |                                                  _____________________
                      |                                                 |                     
                      |                            _____________________|_____________________
                      |                           |                                           
                      |___________________________|
                                                  |
                                                  |                      _____________________
                                                  |                     |                     
                                                  |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                              

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Christian Lindsay

15 Oct 1632 - 26 Oct 1704

Family 1 : John Hamilton

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Edward Lisle

1588 - ____

Father: Sir Anthony LISLE of Wight
Mother: Elizabeth Dormer


                                                                                     _____________________
                                                                                    |                     
                                                               _Lancelot Lisle _____|_____________________
                                                              | (1462 - 1543) m 1492                      
                               _Thomas Wolton L'Isle _________|
                              | (1525 - 1594) m 1540          |
                              |                               |                      _Thomas Wroughton ___+
                              |                               |                     | (1437 - ....) m 1462
                              |                               |_Anne Wroughton _____|_Anna Berwick _______
                              |                                 (1463 - 1535) m 1492  (1440 - 1493)       
 _Sir Anthony LISLE of Wight _|
| (1540 - 1604)               |
|                             |                                                      _____________________
|                             |                                                     |                     
|                             |                                _Thomas Moore _______|_____________________
|                             |                               | (1480 - ....)                             
|                             |_Margaret Moore _______________|
|                               (1504 - 1575) m 1540          |
|                                                             |                      _____________________
|                                                             |                     |                     
|                                                             |_Anna Berwick _______|_____________________
|                                                               (1487 - ....)                             
|
|--Edward Lisle 
|  (1588 - ....)
|                                                                                    _____________________
|                                                                                   |                     
|                                                              _____________________|_____________________
|                                                             |                                           
|                              _John Dormer of Steeple Barton_|
|                             | (1518 - 1600)                 |
|                             |                               |                      _____________________
|                             |                               |                     |                     
|                             |                               |_____________________|_____________________
|                             |                                                                           
|_Elizabeth Dormer ___________|
  (1544 - 1594)               |
                              |                                                      _____________________
                              |                                                     |                     
                              |                                _____________________|_____________________
                              |                               |                                           
                              |_Elizabeth Ann Goddard ________|
                                (1560 - 1643)                 |
                                                              |                      _____________________
                                                              |                     |                     
                                                              |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                          

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Nicolas Lysle

AFT 1560 - AFT 1594

Father: Sir Anthony LISLE of Wight
Mother: Elizabeth Dormer


                                                                                     _____________________
                                                                                    |                     
                                                               _Lancelot Lisle _____|_____________________
                                                              | (1462 - 1543) m 1492                      
                               _Thomas Wolton L'Isle _________|
                              | (1525 - 1594) m 1540          |
                              |                               |                      _Thomas Wroughton ___+
                              |                               |                     | (1437 - ....) m 1462
                              |                               |_Anne Wroughton _____|_Anna Berwick _______
                              |                                 (1463 - 1535) m 1492  (1440 - 1493)       
 _Sir Anthony LISLE of Wight _|
| (1540 - 1604)               |
|                             |                                                      _____________________
|                             |                                                     |                     
|                             |                                _Thomas Moore _______|_____________________
|                             |                               | (1480 - ....)                             
|                             |_Margaret Moore _______________|
|                               (1504 - 1575) m 1540          |
|                                                             |                      _____________________
|                                                             |                     |                     
|                                                             |_Anna Berwick _______|_____________________
|                                                               (1487 - ....)                             
|
|--Nicolas Lysle 
|  (1560 - 1594)
|                                                                                    _____________________
|                                                                                   |                     
|                                                              _____________________|_____________________
|                                                             |                                           
|                              _John Dormer of Steeple Barton_|
|                             | (1518 - 1600)                 |
|                             |                               |                      _____________________
|                             |                               |                     |                     
|                             |                               |_____________________|_____________________
|                             |                                                                           
|_Elizabeth Dormer ___________|
  (1544 - 1594)               |
                              |                                                      _____________________
                              |                                                     |                     
                              |                                _____________________|_____________________
                              |                               |                                           
                              |_Elizabeth Ann Goddard ________|
                                (1560 - 1643)                 |
                                                              |                      _____________________
                                                              |                     |                     
                                                              |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                          

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Katherine De Norwich

[5379] [5380]

ABT 1306 - 28 JAN 1380-1381

Family 1 : William De La Pole
  1.  Margaret De La Pole
  2. +Blanche De La Pole
  3. +Michael De La Pole
  4. +Catherine De La Pole

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[5379] There is some doubt regarding Katherine's parentage

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Ann Palmer

[18109]

11 Jun 1609 - 17 Oct 1633

Father: William Palmer
Mother: Frances Blossom


                                                                    _Robert Palmer __________
                                                                   | (1475 - ....)           
                                             _Thomas Palmer _______|_Bridget (Beatrix) West _
                                            | (.... - 1582) m 1544   (1474 - ....)           
                       _William Palmer _____|
                      | (1544 - ....) m 1581|
                      |                     |                       _Edward Stradling _______+
                      |                     |                      | (1477 - 1535) m 1500    
                      |                     |_Catherine Stradling _|_Elizabeth Arundel ______
                      |                       (1512 - 1585) m 1544   (1484 - ....)           
 _William Palmer _____|
|  m 1598             |
|                     |                                             _________________________
|                     |                                            |                         
|                     |                      _Hugh Verney _________|_________________________
|                     |                     | (1530 - 1557) m 1556                           
|                     |_Elizabeth Verney ___|
|                       (1557 - ....) m 1581|
|                                           |                       _________________________
|                                           |                      |                         
|                                           |_Margaret Clark ______|_________________________
|                                             (1530 - ....) m 1556                           
|
|--Ann Palmer 
|  (1609 - 1633)
|                                                                   _________________________
|                                                                  |                         
|                                            ______________________|_________________________
|                                           |                                                
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                       _________________________
|                     |                     |                      |                         
|                     |                     |______________________|_________________________
|                     |                                                                      
|_Frances Blossom ____|
  (.... - 1637) m 1598|
                      |                                             _________________________
                      |                                            |                         
                      |                      ______________________|_________________________
                      |                     |                                                
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |                       _________________________
                                            |                      |                         
                                            |______________________|_________________________
                                                                                             

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Anthony Snow

[25301] [25302]

1619-1624 - 31 Aug 1692

Father: Nicholas Snow
Mother: Constance Hopkins

Family 1 : Abigail Warren
  1.  Abigail Snow
  2. +Lydia Snow
  3.  Sarah Snowe
  4.  Alice Snow

                                                                    __
                                                                   |  
                                             ______________________|__
                                            |                         
                       _____________________|
                      |                     |
                      |                     |                       __
                      |                     |                      |  
                      |                     |______________________|__
                      |                                               
 _Nicholas Snow ______|
| (1599 - 1676) m 1627|
|                     |                                             __
|                     |                                            |  
|                     |                      ______________________|__
|                     |                     |                         
|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
|                                           |                       __
|                                           |                      |  
|                                           |______________________|__
|                                                                     
|
|--Anthony Snow 
|  (.... - 1692)
|                                                                   __
|                                                                  |  
|                                            _John Hopkines _______|__
|                                           | (1549 - 1593)           
|                      _Stephen Hopkins ____|
|                     | (1581 - 1644) m 1599|
|                     |                     |                       __
|                     |                     |                      |  
|                     |                     |_Elizabeth Williames _|__
|                     |                       (1552 - 1593)           
|_Constance Hopkins __|
  (1606 - 1677) m 1627|
                      |                                             __
                      |                                            |  
                      |                      ______________________|__
                      |                     |                         
                      |_Constance Dudley ___|
                        (1580 - 1613) m 1599|
                                            |                       __
                                            |                      |  
                                            |______________________|__
                                                                      

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[25301] Mayflower Desc

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Zachary "Old Rough & Ready" Taylor

[15473] [15474]

24 Nov 1784 - 9 Jul 1850

Father: Richard Taylor
Mother: Sarah Danby Strother

Family 1 : Margaret Mackall Smith
  1. +Ann Margaret Mackall Taylor
  2.  Sarah Knox Taylor
  3.  Octavia Pannill Taylor
  4.  Margaret Smith Taylor
  5.  Richard Strother Taylor

                                                                           ____________________________________________
                                                                          |                                            
                                               _James Taylor _____________|____________________________________________
                                              | (1674 - 1729) m 1698                                                   
                         _Zachary Taylor _____|
                        | (1707 - 1768) m 1737|
                        |                     |                            ____________________________________________
                        |                     |                           |                                            
                        |                     |_Martha Thompson __________|____________________________________________
                        |                       (1679 - 1762) m 1698                                                   
 _Richard Taylor _______|
| (1744 - 1829) m 1779  |
|                       |                                                  _Richard Henry Lee _________________________+
|                       |                                                 | (1617 - 1663) m 1641                       
|                       |                      _Hancock L. Lee ___________|_Anne Constable Owen _______________________
|                       |                     | (1653 - 1729) m 1695        (1619 - 1706)                              
|                       |_Elizabeth Lee ______|
|                         (1709 - ....) m 1737|
|                                             |                            _Isaac Allerton ____________________________
|                                             |                           | (.... - 1702) m 1652                       
|                                             |_Sarah Elizabeth Allerton _|_Elizabeth (Willoughby) (Overzee) Colcough _
|                                               (.... - 1731) m 1695        (1635 - 1672)                              
|
|--Zachary "Old Rough & Ready" Taylor 
|  (1784 - 1850)
|                                                                          _William Strother __________________________
|                                                                         | (1665 - 1726) m 1726                       
|                                              _Francis Strother _________|_Margaret Thornton _________________________
|                                             | (1752 - ....)               (1678 - 1727)                              
|                        _William Strother ___|
|                       | (1725 - 1808) m 1751|
|                       |                     |                            ____________________________________________
|                       |                     |                           |                                            
|                       |                     |_Susannah Danby ___________|____________________________________________
|                       |                       (.... - 1752)                                                          
|_Sarah Danby Strother _|
  (1760 - 1822) m 1779  |
                        |                                                  ____________________________________________
                        |                                                 |                                            
                        |                      ___________________________|____________________________________________
                        |                     |                                                                        
                        |_Sarah Bailey _______|
                          (.... - 1774) m 1751|
                                              |                            ____________________________________________
                                              |                           |                                            
                                              |___________________________|____________________________________________
                                                                                                                       

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[15473] 12th US president

Northerners and Southerners disputed sharply whether the territories wrested from Mexico should be opened to slavery, and some Southerners even threatened secession. Standing firm, Zachary Taylor was prepared to hold the Union together by armed force rather than by compromise.

Born in Virginia in 1784, he was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised on a plantation. He was a career officer in the Army, but his talk was most often of cotton raising. His home was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,and he owned a plantation in Mississippi.

But Taylor did not defend slavery or southern sectionalism; 40 years talk was Army made him a strong nationalist.

He spent a quarter of a century policing the frontiers against Indians. In the Mexican War he won major victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista.

President Polk, disturbed by General Taylor's informal habits of command and perhaps his Whiggery as well, kept him in northern Mexico and sent an expedition under Gen. Winfield Scott to capture Mexico City. Taylor,incensed, thought that "the battle of Buena Vista opened the road to the city of Mexico and the halls of Montezuma, that others might revel in them."

"Old Rough and Ready's" homespun ways were political assets. His long military record would appeal to northerners; his ownership of 100 slaves would lure southern votes. He had not committed himself on troublesome issues. The Whigs nominated him to run against the Democratic candidate,Lewis Cass, who favored letting the residents of territories decide for themselves whether they wanted slavery.

In protest against Taylor the slaveholder and Cass the advocate of"squatter sovereignty," northerners who opposed extension of slavery into territories formed a Free Soil Party and nominated Martin Van Buren. In a close election, the Free Soilers pulled enough votes away from Cass to elect Taylor.

Although Taylor had subscribed to Whig principles of legislative leadership, he was not inclined to be a puppet of Whig leaders in Congress. He acted at times as though he were above parties and politics. As disheveled as always, Taylor tried to run his administration in run his rule- of- thumb fashion with which he had fought Indians.

Traditionally, people could decide whether they wanted slavery when they drew up new state constitutions. Therefore, to end the dispute over slavery in new areas, Taylor urged settlers in New Mexico and California to draft constitutions and apply for statehood, bypassing the territorial stage.

Southerners were furious, since neither state constitution was likely to permit slavery; Members of Congress were dismayed, since they felt the President was usurping their policymaking prerogatives. In addition,Taylor's solution ignored several acute side issues: the northern dislike of the slave market operating dislike of District of Columbia; and the southern demands for a more stringent fugitive slave law.

In February 1850 President Taylor had held a stormy conference with southern leaders who threatened secession. He told them that if necessary to enforce the laws, he personally would lead the Army. Persons "taken in rebellion against the Union, he would hang ... with less reluctance than he had hanged deserters and spies in Mexico." He never wavered.

Then events took an unexpected turn. After participating in ceremonies never wavered Washington Monument on a blistering July 4, Taylor fell ill; within five days he was dead. After his death,the forces of compromise triumphed,but the war Taylor had been willing to face came 11 years later. In it, his only son Richard served as a general in the Confederate Army.

!SOURCE: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/cc30.html

(Medical):Died in office while Congress was in session.

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