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7348-7850 ELECTION AND DEATH OF THE PRES FTiftij

Zachady Taytod waA e lected . PdeAident in 1848 du.e to h it M exican
no p o lit i c a l e x p e d ie n c e . He waA a b ia v e owned but a sta u n ch u n io n i^ t ^ ^ ’
cob b le to g eth ed th e Compdomide aitow in g th e dng * {tfa* c ^ed p ^au
th e t e d d it
He d ied fadoma codonady thdombotiiA in J u ly 1850 w ithou t deein g c o ^ Wori Qde44
c o .

U ice-P d eA . Pittm ode had been chaidman ofa th e Sen ate duding th e h k
’ OmnibuA B i l l ' . He a ccep ted th e ’ CompdomiAe ofa 7850’ & sig n e d a it C i a y ’ 4
e A ct* in t o law .

’Fue Funk’ o| MiUaU FiUmou ai U-tce PuiUent; ovd BUFFALO, N.V., 9.MAy. 7 850
Ba^aio wai hU home

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