When was Millard Fillmore born?

Millard Fillmore was born on 7 January 1800 in Summerhill.

What positions has Millard Fillmore held?

Positions held by Millard Fillmore include: President of the United States (1850–1853); Vice President of the United States (1849–1850); board member (1849–1850); United States representative (1837–1843); United States representative (1833–1835).

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Millard Fillmore

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President of the United States from 1850 to 1853

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Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853. He was the last president to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House, and the last to be neither a Democrat nor a Republican. A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Fillmore was elected vice president in 1848, and succeeded to the presidency when Zachary Taylor died in 1850. Fillmore was instrumental in passing the Compromise of 1850, which led to a brief truce in the battle over the expansion of slavery.

Quick facts

Born: 7 January 1800 wd
Place of birth: Summerhill wd
Died: 8 March 1874 wd
Place of death: Buffalo wd
Citizenship: United States wd
Occupation: politician, lawyer, statesperson, jurist wd
Political party: Know Nothing Party, Whig Party wd
Spouse: Abigail Fillmore, Caroline C. Fillmore wd

Positions held wd

President of the United States (9 July 1850 – 4 March 1853)
Vice President of the United States (4 March 1849 – 9 July 1850)
board member (4 March 1849 – 9 July 1850)
United States representative (4 March 1837 – 3 March 1843)
United States representative (4 March 1833 – 3 March 1835)
member of the New York State Assembly (1829–1831)

About

Fillmore was born into poverty in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York. He had little formal schooling, but studied to become a lawyer. Fillmore became prominent in the Buffalo area as an attorney and politician, and was elected to the New York Assembly in 1828 and the House of Representatives in 1832. Fillmore initially belonged to the Anti-Masonic Party, but became a member of the Whig Party as it formed in the mid-1830s. He was a rival for the state party leadership with Thurlow Weed and his protégé William H. Seward. Throughout his career, Fillmore declared slavery evil but said it was beyond the federal government's power to end it. Conversely, Seward argued that the federal government had a role to play. Fillmore was an unsuccessful candidate for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives when the Whigs took control of the chamber in 1841, but was made chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Defeated in bids for the Whig nomination for vice president and for New York governor in 1844, Fillmore was elected Comptroller of New York in 1847, the first to hold that post by election.

As vice president, Fillmore was largely ignored by Taylor; even in dispensing patronage in New York, Taylor consulted Weed and Seward. In his capacity as president of the Senate, Fillmore presided over its angry debates as…

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When was Millard Fillmore born?: Millard Fillmore was born on 7 January 1800 in Summerhill.
What positions has Millard Fillmore held?: Positions held by Millard Fillmore include: President of the United States (1850–1853); Vice President of the United States (1849–1850); board member (1849–1850); United States representative (1837–1843); United States representative (1833–1835).

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