Answer: According to the United States Mint, the first presidential gold $1 coins were released Feb ... James Polk will be issued Aug. 20; and Zachary Taylor will be issued Nov. 19.

Zachary Taylor became president of a country greatly expanded by his predecessor, James Polk. But with the new land came new disputes over an old issue – slavery. ZACHARY Taylor was born on Nov ...

Zachary Taylor, our 12th president, was in fine health on July 4, 1850. He died five days later. Poison! people -- okay, some conspiracy theorists -- shouted. But an exhumation of Taylor's body ...

James K. Polk’s final night as president of the United States was an all-nighter. "The 11th President had spent the previous evening with Congress trying to pass some final appropriation bills ...