Vice President Millard Fillmore becomes the thirteenth…
July 1850 CE
July 4, 1850, was a very hot day in Washington, and President Taylor, who attended Fourth of July ceremonies, refreshed himself, likely with cold milk and cherries.
What he consumed probably gave him gastroenteritis, and he died on July 9.
Taylor, nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready", had gained a reputation for toughness through his military campaigning in the heat, and his sudden death comes as a shock to the nation.
President Fillmore is sworn in on July 10.
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