he met sarah knox taylor, daughter of zachary taylor, who of course later became president of the united states, but at this time taylor, zachary taylor, was a colonel in the army and davis' commanding officer. zachary taylor didn't want his daughters marrying military men. he knew how hard that life could be. but davis resigned from the army and married knoxy, as she was called but died less than three months later of malaria, and he was devastated by her death. more or less retired to his plantation in mississippi and spent the next eight years working very hard on that plantation and also developing a strong interest in politics. and he started getting involved in mississippi politics and then entering the fat stage. 1845 jefferson davis elected to the u.s. house of representatives. the next year, the mexican war began, and davis was a little conflicted, not about the war himself, he was full pli in support of the war politically and fully in support of president polk's war aims but he wasn't sure if he should join the war himself or if he should stay in congress. he eventually decide