Fillmore, Millard
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Fillmore, Millard (1800–74) 13th president of the United States (1850–53), born in Cayuga County, New York. Fillmore spent three terms in the state legislature and four terms (three consecutive) in Congress before being elected (1848) vice president on the
Whig ticket that had
Zachary Taylor at its head. He became president when Taylor died suddenly in 1850. As president, Fillmore won Congressional approval for the
Compromise of 1850, which Taylor had opposed, and sent Commodore
Matthew C. Perry to open diplomatic relations with Japan. Fillmore failed to win the Whig presidential nomination in 1852, but in 1856 he ran as the candidate of the
American Party (also called the
Know Nothing party). His disastrous defeat destroyed the party and ended his political career.
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She taught a president to read.(Abigal Powers, teacher and wife of Millard Fillmore)
Magazine article from: Hopscotch; 2/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...t been for Abigail Powers, Millard Fillmore would never have been elected...her appearance that captured Millard Fillmore's attention when he entered...marrying a country bumpkin like Millard Fillmore?" Abigail knew her heart...
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Millard Fillmore--seriously.(Flashback: to know nothing of what happened before you were born is to remain ever a child--Cicero)
Magazine article from: The American Enterprise; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...none other than Buffalo's Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United...Jimmy Carter pounded a nail, Millard Fillmore was the best ex-President...of 1948, 1962, and 1996, Millard Fillmore ranked "below average" every...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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WILL MORAVIA REMEMBER THE 13TH PRESIDENT WITH A MUSEUM? THREE COMMUNITIES HAVE A CLAIM ON MILLARD FILLMORE; PLANS ARE TAKING SHAPE - STARTING WITH THE STRUCTURAL STEEL - FOR A BUILDING NEAR THE CAYUGA-OWASCO LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S HISTORY HOUSE.(Neighbors Cayuga)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...The White House biography of Millard Fillmore says he demonstrated that...History House sits to build a Millard Fillmore museum. The society plans a...home is now the Abigail and Millard Fillmore House Museum. There are also...
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Millard Fillmore fans are frantic for Kia's soap on a rope.(Adages)
Magazine article from: Advertising Age; 2/25/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Requests are trickling in for the Millard Fillmore soap on a rope featured in Kia...for each of the members of the Millard Fillmore Society of Ohio. When contacted...Darrell, who dubs his blog Millard Fillmore's Bathtub. The blog debunks...
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 "Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital nears completion of huge expansion: AMHERST.
Newspaper article from: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); 10/10/2007; 700+ words
; ...The $64 million expansion of Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Amherst...than 100,000 square feet to Millard Fillmore Suburban, including a 38...in the early 1980s. Although Millard Fillmore Suburban's expansion comes...
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CELEBRATING A NATIVE SON; HISTORICAL SOCIETY MARKS 209TH BIRTHDAY OF 13TH PRESIDENT AND CAYUGA COUNTY NATIVE, MILLARD FILLMORE.(Neighbors)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 1/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...celebrating the 209th birthday of Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the...make no mistake -- they take Millard Fillmore very seriously here. According...What: 209th Birthday of Millard Fillmore Where: Cayuga-Owasco Historical...
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DID MILLARD FILLMORE'S HEIRS LIVE IN SUFFOLK.(SUFFOLK SUN)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 4/23/2000; 700+ words
; ...time back, ``If President Millard Fillmore had no children, why were...Jethro Norfleet. Meanwhile, Millard Fillmore had become president in 1850...children, Mary Abigail and Millard Powers Fillmore. Mary Abigail died as a very...
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ALL ABOUT MILLARD FILLMORE; FRENCHMAN EXPLORES LIFE OF THIS NATION'S 13TH PRESIDENT.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 4/28/2004; 700+ words
; ...Scott Rapp Staff writer Credit Millard Fillmore, this country's 13th president...laughing. What do you know about Millard Fillmore? Political party: Whig Born...he searched for material on Millard Fillmore. They shake hands Tuesday...
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Millard Fillmore strong believer in limited government.(Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/7/2000; 700+ words
; ...7), in a log cabin in New York, Millard Fillmore, this nation's 13th president, was born. The son of a farmer, Fillmore had no formal education growing up. As president, Fillmore thankfully did little. That, along...
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO TO COMMEMORATE 207TH BIRTHDAY OF MILLARD FILLMORE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/27/2006; 621 words
; ...anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, the University at Buffalo...Gingrich, associate dean of UB's Millard Fillmore College; Paul J. Koessler...Society, which administers the Millard Fillmore Museum housed in a building...
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Fillmore, Millard
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Fillmore, Millard (1800–1874), thirteenth...tenant farmer in western New York, Millard Fillmore gained a minimal education before...Bibliography Robert J. Rayback , Millard Fillmore , 1959. Elbert B. Smith , The Presidencies...
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Millard Fillmore
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Millard Fillmore The major contribution of Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), thirteenth president of the United States, was his signing of the Compromise of 1850. Millard Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y., the son of a poor...
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Taylor, Zachary and Fillmore, Millard
Encyclopedia entry from: Presidents: A Reference History
Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore Norman A. Graebner ZACHARY TAYLOR entered the world of politics...principles." To balance the ticket, the convention named Millard Fillmore, an old-line Whig from New York, for the vice presidency...
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1850-1877: Government and Politics: Chronology
Book article from: American Eras
...to the Pacific Ocean. 9 July Millard Fillmore becomes president upon the death...Scott for president over rivals Millard Fill more and Daniel Webster...Know Nothing Party nominates Millard Fillmore for president. 21 May The antislavery...
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Presidents of the United States
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...no Vice President) James Knox Polk Democratic 1845-49 George M. Dallas Zachary Taylor Whig 1849-50 Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore Whig 1850-53 (no Vice President) Franklin Pierce Democratic 1853-57 William R. King, 1853 (no Vice...
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