Zachary Taylor #8: Unlikeliest Elected President … Ever (1847-1848); Topics covered include: Hero's welcome in New Orleans, conflict with Polk administration, embraced by Whigs as presidential candidate, Wilmot Proviso, marriage of daughter Betty to William Bliss, Allison Letter, "A Whig but not Ultra Whig," desires to be national candidate, receives Whig nomination, second Allison Letter, and wins the presidency over Lewis Cass
Key people: James Polk, Jefferson Davis, Betty Taylor, William Bliss, Logan Hunton, James Love, Balie Peyton, John Allison, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Crittenden, Truman Smith, Reverdy Johnson, Millard Fillmore, Lewis Cass, and Martin Van Buren
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