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3. Zachary Taylor, 491 Days
In Office: March 4, 1849—July 9, 1850
在位：1849年3月4日——1850年7月9日
Died in his first term. Did not take the oath of office until March 5, 1849, because March 4th fell on a Sunday and Taylor declined to take the oath on Sunday because of his religious beliefs. The slavery issue dominated Taylor's short term. Although he owned slaves, he took a moderate stance on the territorial expansion of slavery, angering fellow Southerners. Taylor urged settlers in New Mexico and California to draft constitutions and apply for statehood, bypassing the territorial stage. New Mexico was too small to act but California — which had high population growth from the gold rush — wrote a constitution that did not allow slavery; it was approved by the voters and a new state government took over in December 1849 without Congressional approval.
Taylor在他的任期內去世。Taylor直到1849年3月5日才宣誓就職，因為他的宗教信仰，他拒絕在周日（3月4日）進行宣誓。在Taylor不長的任期內，奴隸問題一直干擾著他。雖然他自己也有奴隸，但是他對奴隸土地擴張始終保持中立姿態，惹惱了南方人。Taylor敦促新墨西哥和加利福尼亞起草憲法，并進行運用，越過領土問題。新墨西哥太小以至于無法執行，但是加州--因淘金熱造成人口密集--撰寫了一份不允許使用奴隸的憲法；1849年12月，該憲法由投票人選舉通過，無需國會批準，由新的州立政府接管。
