Millard Fillmore

@President of the U.s.a, Timeline and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Millard Fillmore was the President of the United States from 1850-53 American Leaders Presidents Capricorn Celebrities Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States who served from 1850 to 1853. He was the last Whig president and also the last president not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties. At the beginning of his career Fillmore was associated with the democratic and libertarian Anti-Masonic Movement and Anti-Masonic Party. He was a protégé of the leading anti-Mason, Thurlow Weed, and when Weed left the anti-Masons, Fillmore too followed suit. Soon Weed became a prominent Whig organizer, and Fillmore again followed his mentor and joined the Whigs. A lawyer by profession, Fillmore served in the state legislature as a U.S. Representative. He went on to become the first New York State Comptroller elected by general ballot. He enjoyed great success as a politician, and was nominated by the Whig Party to run as vice president with presidential candidate Zachary Taylor in 1848. Taylor won the presidential election and Fillmore became the vice president. President Taylor died suddenly in 1850, plunging the nation into political chaos. Fillmore took over the reins as the president and attempted to restore political stability. He however proved to be an unpopular president and was not re-nominated for presidency by the Whig Party in 1852

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Birthday: January 7, 1800 Died on: March 8, 1874 Nationality: American Famous: President of the U.s.a, Leaders, Presidents Spouses: Abigail Fillmore Childrens: Mary Abigail Fillmore, Millard Powers Fillmore Universities: New Hope Academy Information Detail Birthday January 7, 1800 Died on March 8, 1874 Nationality American Famous President of the U.s.a, Leaders, Presidents Spouses Abigail Fillmore Childrens Mary Abigail Fillmore, Millard Powers Fillmore Universities New Hope Academy Founder / Co-Founder University at Buffalo Birth Place Summerhill Religion Unitarianism Gender Male Father Nathaniel Fillmore Mother Phoebe Millard Fillmore Sun Sign Capricorn Born in Summerhill Famous as President of the U.S.A Died at Age 74

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In 1819, he met and fell in love with Abigail Powers, a teacher at the New Hope Academy where he was a student. The couple dated for some years before tying the knot in 1826. They were blessed with two children. Unsplash Personal Life

Abigail died in 1853 and in 1858 Fillmore married Caroline McIntosh, a wealthy widow. Unsplash Personal Life

He died on March 8, 1874, after complications following a stroke. He was 74. Unsplash Personal Life

Millard Fillmore was born on January 7, 1800, in Summerhill, New York, to Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe Millard. He was the second of nine children in a family of modest means. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He received little formal education as a young boy and was apprenticed to a cloth maker at the age of 14. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He desperately wanted to educate himself and embarked on a journey of self-education. He was finally able to attend New Hope Academy for six months in 1819. He then took up a job as a clerk and studied law under Judge Walter Wood. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He moved to Buffalo and continued his legal education in the law office of Asa Rice and Joseph Clary. He was admitted to the bar in 1823 and began practicing law in New York. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Fillmore forayed into politics in 1828 as a member of the democratic and libertarian Anti-Masonic Movement and Anti-Masonic Party. He was elected to the New York State Assembly where he served three one-year terms, from 1829 to 1831. Unsplash Career

His political mentor, Thurlow Weed, left the Anti-Masons in 1832 and became a leading Whig organizer in New York. Fillmore followed in his mentor’s footsteps and left the Anti-Masons to join the Whigs. Unsplash Career

He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1832 and served in the Congress from 1833 to 1835. He was re-elected twice and served from 1837 to 1843 and declined further re-nomination. Unsplash Career

Meanwhile he had also formed a law partnership called ‘Fillmore and Hall’ with his friend Nathan K. Hall in 1834. The company grew to include another partner, Haven in 1836. The firm proved to be highly successful. Unsplash Career

After leaving the Congress he ran as the Whig Party candidate for Governor of New York in the 1844 election but was unsuccessful. He helped to establish the University at Buffalo in 1846 and served as its first chancellor. Unsplash Career

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 7, 1800
Died on	March 8, 1874
Nationality	American
Famous	President of the U.s.a, Leaders, Presidents
Spouses	Abigail Fillmore
Childrens	Mary Abigail Fillmore, Millard Powers Fillmore
Universities	New Hope Academy
Founder / Co-Founder	University at Buffalo
Birth Place	Summerhill
Religion	Unitarianism
Gender	Male
Father	Nathaniel Fillmore
Mother	Phoebe Millard Fillmore
Sun Sign	Capricorn
Born in	Summerhill
Famous as	President of the U.S.A
Died at Age	74

Millard Fillmore

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Jan 7, 1800

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