Who was a hero in the war with Mexico and also won the presidential election in 1848?

Zachary Taylor, a general and national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican–American War and the War of 1812, was elected the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850.

Who became a hero during the Mexican-American War?

Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor was elected the 12th President of the United States in 1848, after gaining fame as a hero of the Mexican-American War.

Which Mexican-American War hero did the Whig Party nominate for the presidency in 1852?

Whig Party Nomination Northern Whigs favored the heroic Mexican-American War General Winfield Scott of New Jersey.

Who was the Whig candidate in 1848?

The Presidential Election of 1848: A Resource Guide

Who was the leader of the Whig Party?

Abraham Lincoln was a Whig leader in frontier Illinois. In its more than two decades of existence, the Whig Party saw two of its candidates, Harrison and Taylor, elected president. However, both died in office.

Who was the second Whig president of the United States?

Clay ran and narrowly lost to James K. Polk in 1844. The second Whig president elected to office, Zachary Taylor, won the election in 1848. He also became the second president to die in office, being succeeded by Millard Fillmore.

Who was the Whig candidate for the presidency in 1836?

In 1836, the Whig Party fielded three presidential candidates, Daniel Webster, Hugh L. White, and William Henry Harrison, to appeal to the East, South, and West, respectively, in an attempt to throw the election into the House of Representatives. Why did Whig presidential candidate Henry Clay lose the 1844 election?

Who was the first Whig president to die in office?

Harrison served only 31 days, becoming the first president to die in office. He was succeeded by John Tyler, a Virginian and states' rights absolutist. Tyler vetoed Whig economic legislation and was expelled from the Whig Party in 1841.