I am not a party candidate, and if elected cannot be President of a party, but the President of the whole people.

For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken.  The patriots who formed it have long since descended to the grave; yet still it remains, the proudest monument to their memory.

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was elected to the office of President of the United States.  America’s 12th President only served 16 months when illness took his life.