13. MILLARD FILLMORE (1850-1853)

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OVERVIEW:

BORN:
January 7, 1800
Locke Township (now Summerhill), New York 

DIED: 
March 8, 1874 (age 74)
Buffalo, New York

POLITICAL PARTY: 
Anti-Masonic (1828–1832)
Whig (1832–1855)
Know Nothing (1855–1856)
Democratic (1857–1874)

SPOUSES:
Abigail Powers (m. 1826; died 1853)​
Caroline McIntosh (m. 1858)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 
1823:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in East Aurora, New York
1830:
Moved to Buffalo, New York
1829-1831:
Member of the New York State Assembly 
1833-1835:
U.S. House of Representatives from New York
Elected as a Whig 
1837-1843:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
1841-1843:
Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee
1844:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for Governor of New York 
1847-1849:
New York State Comptroller
1849-1850:
Vice President of the United States
July 10, 1850- March 3, 1853:
13th President of the United States 
1852:
Unsuccessful Candidate for the Whig Nomination for President
1856:
Unsuccessful Candidate for President on the National American (Know Nothing) ticket

FIRST LADY:

ABIGAIL FILLMORE

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
Senate Historical Office
Biographical Directory of Congress
House of Representatives
UVA Miller Center
American Presidents: (C-SPAN)
Wikipedia

PAPERS: 
Library of Congress
State University of New York
American Presidency Project (Public Papers)
Buffalo Historical Society

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

MILLARD FILLMORE: BIOGRAPHY OF A PRESIDENT by Robert J. Rayback

1850 SWEARING-IN

Library of Congress 
Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee

1856 ELECTION:

DEMOCRAT:
JAMES BUCHANAN (PRESIDENT)
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 174 (58.8%)

Popular Vote: 1,836,072 (45.3%)

REPUBLICAN:
JOHN C. FREMONT  (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM L. DAYTON (VICE PRESIDENT)

Electoral Vote: 114 (38.5%)
Popular Vote: 1,342,345 (33.1%)

WHIG-AMERICAN:
MILLARD FILLMORE (PRESIDENT)
ANDREW JACKSON DONELSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 8 (2.7%)
Popular Vote: 873,053 (21.6%)

FILLMORE ADMINISTRATION:

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Thomas Ewing (1849-1850)
Thomas M. T. McKennan (1850)
Alexander H. H. Stuart (1850–1853)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Reverdy Johnson (1849-1850)
John J. Crittenden (1850–1853)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
William B. Preston (1849-1850)
William A. Graham (1850–1852)
John P. Kennedy (1852–1853)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Jacob Collamer (1849-1850)
Samuel D. Hubbard (1852–1853)
Nathan K. Hall (1850–1852)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
John M. Clayton (1849-1850)
Daniel Webster (1850–1852)
Edward Everett (1852–1853)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
William M. Meredith (1849-1850)
Thomas Corwin (1850–1853)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
George W. Crawford (1849-1850)
Charles M. Conrad (1850–1853)

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

Benjamin Curtis (1851-1857)
Edward A. Bradford (No Action)
George E. Badger (No Action)
William C. Micou (No Action)

CONGRESS:

Capitol 1852
A view of Washington, D.C. looking west with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground.. c.1852. (Library of Congress)

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Howell Cobb (1849-1851)
Linn Boyd (1851-1855)

HISTORIC SITES:

Millard_Fillmore_House
Millard Fillmore’s Home in East Aurora, New York

Millard Fillmore House (NPS)

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