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| | + | |name=Millard Fillmore |
| | |image=Millard fillmore.jpg | | |image=Millard fillmore.jpg |
| − | |seq=13
| + | |party=[[Whig Party]] |
| − | |term_start=July 9, 1850
| + | |spouse=Abigail Powers Fillmore (1826–1853)<br/>Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore (1858-) |
| − | |term_end=March 4, 1853<ref>http://www.trivia-library.com/a/13th-us-president-millard-fillmore.htm</ref>
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| − | |party= Whig Party | |
| − | |vp=None
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| − | |previous=Zachary Taylor
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| − | |next=Franklin Pierce
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| − | |office2=vice
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| − | |seq2=12
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| − | |term_start2=March 4, 1849
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| − | |term_end2=July 9, 1850
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| − | |party2=
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| − | |pres2= Zachary Taylor
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| − | |previous2=George M. Dallas
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| − | |next2=William King
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| − | |birth_date=January 7, 1800
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| − | |birth_place=Summerhill, New York
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| − | |death_date=March 8, 1874
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| − | |death_place=Buffalo, New York
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| − | |spouse=Abigail Powers Fillmore | |
| − | |spouse2=Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore
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| | |religion=[[Unitarian]] | | |religion=[[Unitarian]] |
| | + | |offices= |
| | + | {{Officeholder/president |
| | + | |country=the United States |
| | + | |number=13th |
| | + | |terms=July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853<ref>http://www.trivia-library.com/a/13th-us-president-millard-fillmore.htm</ref> |
| | + | |vp=[[Aaron Burr]]<br/>[[George Clinton]] |
| | + | |preceded=[[Zachary Taylor]] |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=[[Franklin Pierce]] |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/vice president |
| | + | |country=the United States |
| | + | |number=12th |
| | + | |terms=March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 |
| | + | |president=[[Zachary Taylor]] |
| | + | |preceded=[[George Dallas]] |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=[[William King]] |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/misc |
| | + | |office=14th Comptroller of New York |
| | + | |terms=January 1, 1848 – February 20, 1849 |
| | + | |preceded=Azariah Flagg |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=Washington Hunt |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/representative |
| | + | |state=New York |
| | + | |district=32nd |
| | + | |terms=March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
| | + | |preceded=Thomas C. Love |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=William Moseley |
| | + | }} |
| | + | {{Officeholder/representative |
| | + | |state=New York |
| | + | |district=32nd |
| | + | |terms=March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
| | + | |preceded=Constituency established |
| | + | |former=y |
| | + | |succeeded=Thomas C. Love |
| | + | }} |
| | + | |military=y |
| | + | |branch=New York Guard |
| | + | |battles=Mexican–American War<br/>American Civil War |
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| | '''Millard Fillmore''' became the 13th [[President of the United States of America]] upon the unexpected death due to illness of [[President]] [[Zachary Taylor]] in 1850. He served as the president from 1850-1853<ref>http://www.trivia-library.com/a/13th-us-president-millard-fillmore.htm</ref>. | | '''Millard Fillmore''' became the 13th [[President of the United States of America]] upon the unexpected death due to illness of [[President]] [[Zachary Taylor]] in 1850. He served as the president from 1850-1853<ref>http://www.trivia-library.com/a/13th-us-president-millard-fillmore.htm</ref>. |
| | Fillmore admitted [[California]] as a state as part of the Compromise of 1850, sent [[Commodore Perry]] to [[Japan]], and was president during the [[Gold Rush]] to California. Fillmore was the last [[Whig]] to hold the presidency, as the Whig Party did not even nominate him for reelection in the [[United States presidential election, 1852|1852 Presidential election]] and he failed in his presidential candidacy in the [[United States presidential election, 1856|1856 Presidential election]] as the nominee of both the [[Know nothing party|Know Nothing (American) Party]] and the Whig Party. | | Fillmore admitted [[California]] as a state as part of the Compromise of 1850, sent [[Commodore Perry]] to [[Japan]], and was president during the [[Gold Rush]] to California. Fillmore was the last [[Whig]] to hold the presidency, as the Whig Party did not even nominate him for reelection in the [[United States presidential election, 1852|1852 Presidential election]] and he failed in his presidential candidacy in the [[United States presidential election, 1856|1856 Presidential election]] as the nominee of both the [[Know nothing party|Know Nothing (American) Party]] and the Whig Party. |