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Taylor, Zachary
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......at the Texas border, Taylor began (1845) to prepare...odds. A popular hero, Taylor was nominated for President...the influence of Senator William H. Seward, and Taylor was soon a strong supporter...and S. Bent (1946); E. J. Nichols, Zach Taylor......
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Taylor, John (American political philosopher)
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...John Taylor, 1753–1824, American...philosopher. Known as John Taylor of Caroline, he was...him to the College of William and Mary and under whom he studied law. Taylor fought in the American Revolution...1932); study by R. E. Shalhope (1980)....
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Fort Bliss
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......Bliss, U.S. army post, 1,122,500 acres (454,300 hectares), W Tex., E of El Paso; est. 1849 and named for Col. William Bliss, Gen. Zachary Taylor's adjutant in the Mexican War. Originally strategically located near the only......
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Cooperstown
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......2,180), seat of Otsego co., E central N.Y., on the Susquehanna...inc. 1807. It was founded by William Cooper, who brought his family there...Lake) also draws visitors. See A. Taylor, William Cooper's Town (1995)....
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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...Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772–1834...and shortly thereafter William Wordsworth and his sister...collected letters, ed. by E. L. Griggs (6 vol., 1956...72); biographies by E. K. Chambers (1938...1974); biography by E. L. Griggs (1941, repr......
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Wordsworth, William
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...William Wordsworth, 1770–1850...intimate friend of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and, probably...poetical works, ed. by E. de Selincourt and H...Reed (1967), F. E. Halliday (1970...2012); G. McMaster, William Wordsworth: A Critical......
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Doniphan, Alexander William
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...Alexander William Doniphan (dŏn´Ĭfən), 1808–87...planned, Doniphan began another long march E to Saltillo, which was reached late in...Doniphan and his men were commended by Zachary Taylor at Monterrey; then, their terms of enlistment......
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Thackeray, William Makepeace
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...William Makepeace Thackeray (thăk´ərē), 1811...studies by R. A. Colby (1979) and E. F. Harden (1979); G. N. Ray, Thackeray...Buried Life (1952, repr. 1974); D. J. Taylor, Thackeray: The Life of a Literary Man......
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Worth, William Jenkins
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...William Jenkins Worth, 1794–1849, American army...War, Worth first fought under Gen. Zachary Taylor in the northern campaign that ended with the...Tex., was named for him. See biography by E. S. Wallace (1953)....
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Presidents of the United States ( (table))
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......41 Richard M. Johnson William Henry Harrison Whig 1841...George M. Dallas Zachary Taylor Whig 1849–50 Millard...Democratic 1853–57 William R. King, 1853 (no Vice...Democratic 1893–97 Adlai E. Stevenson William McKinley Republican 1897......