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Thirteenth US president (1850-53). Fillmore served (1833-43) in the House of Representatives, and in 1834 joined the newly formed Whigs. In 1848, he was elected vice president to Zachary Taylor, and succeeded as president when Taylor died. In a bid to mediate between pro- and anti-slavery factions, Fillmore agreed to the Compromise of 1850. His attempt to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law embittered abolitionists and split the party. Fillmore failed to win renomination in 1852, and was succeeded by Franklin Pierce. In the 1856 elections Fillmore stood for the Know-Nothing movement, but was defeated by Abraham Lincoln.

Fillmore, Millard

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1800–1874, 13th President of the United States (July, 1850–Mar., 1853), b. Locke (now Summer Hill), N.Y. Because he was compelled to work at odd jobs at an early age to earn a living his education was irregular and incomplete. He read law in his spare time and was admitted (1823) to the bar. After practicing law in East Aurora, N.Y., until 1830, he settled in Buffalo. Thurlow Weed made Fillmore a lieutenant in the Anti-Masonic party, and with Weed's support he served in the New York state assembly (1829–31) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1833–35). In 1834 he joined the Whig party and was reelected three times (1836, 1838, 1840) to the House. When the Whigs came into national power in 1840, Fillmore became prominent in his party. As chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, he promoted the high tariff of 1842. He was considered (1844) for the vice presidential candidacy, but instead became Whig candidate for the governorship of New York. His defeat by Silas Wright in a close…
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Thirteenth president of the United States (1850–53). Born in Locke, New York, Fillmore, a Whig, served in the House of Representatives. After his election to the vice presidency in 1848, Fillmore became the second vice president to succeed to the presidency, when Zachary Taylor died in 1850. During…
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Thirteenth US president (1850-53). Fillmore served (1833-43) in the House of Representatives, and in 1834 joined the newly formed Whigs . In 1848, he was elected vice president to Zachary Taylor , and succeeded as president when Taylor died. In a bid to mediate between pro- and anti-slavery…
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From Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas
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thirteenth president of the United States (1850-1853 ) Millard Fillmore was the first Northerner since the brief tenure of William Henry Harrison to hold the presidency. He took office on July 10, 1850 (after the sudden death of President Zachary Taylor), in the midst of a crisis over the status of…
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The thirteenth president of the Untied States, Fillmore came to office following the death of President Zachary Taylor on July 9, 1850. A lawyer by trade, Fillmore entered Congress as a Whig representative from the state of New York in 1833 and was selected as Taylor's vice presidential running mate…
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City and port in New York State, USA, at the eastern end of Lake Erie at the head of the Niagara River; seat of Erie County; population (2000 est) 292,600. It is linked with New York City via the New York State Barge Canal (formerly the Erie Canal), and is an important inland port, especially as a…
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From Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
Before Millard Fillmore was selected as Zachary...
(b. 1800–d. 1874) U.S. vice president, 13th U.S. president After Zachary Taylor's death, Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency (1850–53). At 5'9", with blue eyes and thin gray hair, Fillmore was nonetheless an imposing figure. He took office as a crisis was looming over slavery, but as Harry…
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Millard Fillmore. Credit:Library of Congress,...
(born Jan. 7, 1800, Locke Township, N.Y., U.S.—died March 8, 1874, Buffalo, N.Y.) 13th president of the U.S. (1850–53). Born into poverty, he became an indentured apprentice at age 15. He studied law with a local judge and began to practice in Buffalo in 1823. Initially identified with the…
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From American Biographies: American Political Leaders
Before Millard Fillmore was selected as Zachary...
(b. 1800–d. 1874) U.S. vice president, 13th U.S. president Millard Fillmore made his greatest contribution to U.S. history when he threw the weight of his administration behind the Compromise of 1850, ensuring its passage and forestalling the Civil War for a decade. His opportunity to make this…
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Before Millard Fillmore was selected as Zachary...
(b. 1800–d. 1874) U.S. vice president, 13th U.S. president Millard Fillmore has become somewhat of an enigma in the history of American politics. Prolific critics and political enemies of his generation labeled him as an ineffective, self-serving politician who lacked insight and political finesse. …
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