Reference
- Betty Dandridge-SmithsonianMary Elizabeth “Betty” Taylor Bliss Dandridge, the only surviving daughter of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor (1788–1852), was raised in frontier forts while her army general father conducted the Black Hawk War (1832) and the Second Seminole War (1835–42). Her mother, of whom no portraits or other accurate likenesses survive, worked hard to raise ten children while surrounded by soldiers...
Zachary Taylor: Presidential Style
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- Zachary Taylor: Presidential StyleAs president, Taylor deferred to others even putting Congress in charge of deciding the slavery issue. When Senator Henry Clay created the Compromise of 1850 Taylor threatened to veto the bill at the risk of provoking Southern secessionists. Distributed by A&E Television Networks.
Portrait
- Betty Dandridge
Betty Dandridge (1824–1909)
Born Fort Snelling, Minnesota