Old Whitey (horse)

Old Whitey was a horse that belonged to Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States.

[2] Taylor was known to sit calmly on Old Whitey as bullets went past his head.

There was a January 1897 article found by Pat Granstra with a quote from Taylor's daughter insisting that Old Whitey lived a long time.

It read the following:[9]You ask about Old Whitey; he was a great pet to us and all, and was never ridden after my father's return from Mexico, and when we went to Washington the horse was sent to his plantation.

During his term as President there was so much interest and curiosity expressed to see the old charger that he had brought him to Washington, and after my father's death, he was sent back to the plantation, then the home of my brother Richard, where Whitey lived to a good old age.