MILLARD FILLMORE
MILLARD FILLMORE Biography
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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, the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Upstate New York, Fillmore was elected as the 12th vice president in 1848, and succeeded to the presidency in July 1850 upon the death of U.S. President Zachary Taylor. [1]
Millard Fillmore's Wife - Abigail
Quick Facts:
| Full Name | Millard Fillmore |
| Birth Date | January 7, 1800 |
| Birth Place | Summerhill, New York |
| Death Date | March 8, 1874 |
| Career | Lawyer |
| Spouse(s) | February 5, 1826, to Abigail Powers (1798–1853); February 10, 1858, to Caroline Carmichael McIntosh (1813–1881) |
| Children | Millard Powers (1828–1889) Mary Abigail (1832-1854) |
| President No. | 13 |
| Presidency Begin | July 10, 1850 |
| Presidency End | March 4, 1853 |
| Vice President(s) | None |
| Administation | Millercenter.org |
Millard Fillmore was born on January 7, 1800, into an impoverished farm family in the central New York frontier town of Locke. The second of Nathaniel and Phoebe Fillmore’s nine children, Millard found little time for formal schooling and had barely learned to read by the age of 17.[31]
In 1823 he was admitted to the bar; seven years later he moved his law practice to Buffalo. As an associate of the Whig politician Thurlow Weed, Fillmore held state office and for eight years was a member of the House of Representatives. In 1848, while comptroller of New York, he was elected vice president. [68]
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- **Presidential Flag Graphic source: Zscout370 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
- (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
- (31) https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/fillmore-millard.htm
- (68) https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/millard-fillmore