The Presidents of the USA

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Millard Fillmore

1850-1853

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birthplace

Moravia, NY

birthday

January 7

Life

1800-1874

age

OFC:50 , d. 74

party

Whig

presidency highlights

The "Compromise of 1850" preserved Union for another decade

nickname:

American Louis-Philippe

vice-president:

none

previous office

12th Vice President of USA

key background fact:

He succeeded Zachary Taylor who died in office

occupation

Lawyer

military service

Major - Union Continentals (Home Guard) , NY militia

children

2: 1 boy 1 girl

wife:

Abigail Powers (1826), Caroline Carmichael McIntosh (1858)

height

5' 9'' / 1.75 m

higher education

None (read law)

religion

Unitarian

quote

"May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not."

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actions & events

1850 Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Act.

economy

foreign affairs

Commodore Matthew C. Perry was sent to open Japan to Western trade.

military activity

unique facts

Last president born in the 18th century.
Last Whig president

interesting

He ran for president again in 1856 as a candidate of the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic "Know-Nothing movement" (nativists). The campaign was an embarrassment and he finished third.

military activity

Legacy

Honest and hardworking but a pompous, colorless individual who rose far beyond his ability. The Compromise of 1850 preserved the Union for a while but destroyed his career.

Taylor-Fillmore election poster