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. |