Zachary Taylor was a career army officer elevated to the presidency by his heroic generalship in the Mexican-American War. He had no political experience and had never even voted before. How would he approach the sectional crisis over the question of slavery's expansion into the vast territory acquired from Mexico? His stance would come as a surprise to his fellow slaveowners. Also: Our Top 5 Embarrassing Personal Moments counts down the most humiliating non-political bloopers in presidential history.
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| Intuitive Physicians Dr. Pratt and N.J. Howard – Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) – May 17, 1850 |
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| E.W. Cole’s Ice Cream Saloon – Daily Nashville Union (Nashville, TN) – June 9, 1849 |
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| Opium for sale – The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) – March 6, 1849 |
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| The Scientific American on opium – Vicksburg Daily Whig (Vicksburg, MS) – October 25, 1849 |
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| Merchant tailor J.W. Mulcahy – The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) – April 22, 1850 |
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| R. Watts’s wife seduced by J.W. Mulcahy – The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY) – January 18, 1850 |
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| R. Watts catches his wife in the act with J.W. Mulcahy – The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY) – January 18, 1850 |
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| R. Watts street fight with J.W. Mulcahy – The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY) – July 9, 1850 |
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| Ballard’s Compound Extract of Strawberry Leaves – Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor, ME) – October 16, 1849 |
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| Henry Mott’s wife Harriet charged with bigamy – Williamsburgh Daily Gazette (Brooklyn, NY) – March 27, 1850 |
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| The tables are turned on Henry Mott – Buffalo Morning Express (Buffalo, NY) – March 30, 1850 |
