Taylor contracted [[cholera]] and the [[typhoid fever]] causing him to fall ill. Several days later on July 9, 1850 at 10:30 P.M. he died. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents Zachary Taylor]] by Zachary Kent, Children's press, 1988. </ref>
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Taylor contracted [[cholera]] and the [[typhoid fever]]; he died several days later on July 9, 1850.