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|terms=July 9, 1850  – March 4, 1853<ref>http://www.trivia-library.com/a/13th-us-president-millard-fillmore.htm</ref>

|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]]

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|preceded=[[Zachary Taylor]]

|preceded=[[Zachary Taylor]]

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|battles=Mexican–American War<br/>American Civil War

|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.   

On July 10, 1850, Fillmore declared, "I dare not shrink; and I rely upon Him who holds in His hands the destinies of nations to endow me with the requisite strength for the task."  Fillmore also stated in his Annual Message of 1852, "We owe these blessings, under Heaven, to the Constitution and Government ... bequeathed to us by our fathers, and which it is our sacred duty to transmit ... to our children."

On July 10, 1850, Fillmore declared, "I dare not shrink; and I rely upon Him who holds in His hands the destinies of nations to endow me with the requisite strength for the task."  Fillmore also stated in his Annual Message of 1852, "We owe these blessings, under Heaven, to the Constitution and Government ... bequeathed to us by our fathers, and which it is our sacred duty to transmit ... to our children."

He died February 1874 in Bufalo, New York. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents Millard Fillmore]] by Jane Clark Casey, Children's Press, 1988. </ref>

He died February 1874 in Bufalo, [[New York]].<ref>[[Encyclopedia of Presidents Millard Fillmore]] by Jane Clark Casey, Children's Press, 1988.</ref>

==Mencken's "Bathtub hoax"==

==Mencken's "Bathtub hoax"==

In 1917, the acerbic liberal journalist [[H. L. Mencken]] published a newspaper article that claimed to be a history of the bathtub. Among other things, it stated that initially there was widespread public opposition to bathtubs; that Millard Fillmore ordered the first bathtub installed in the White House; and that his support of the invention helped to popularize it. The article was completely false from beginning to end, but was widely believed and the "fact" about Fillmore made its way into many reference books.

In 1917, the acerbic liberal journalist [[H.L. Mencken]] published a newspaper article that claimed to be a history of the bathtub. Among other things, it stated that initially there was widespread public opposition to bathtubs; that Millard Fillmore ordered the first bathtub installed in the White House; and that his support of the invention helped to popularize it. The article was completely false from beginning to end, but was widely believed and the "fact" about Fillmore made its way into many reference books.

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Mallard Fillmore]], conservative-themed newspaper comic strip by Bruce Tinsley named for this President

*[[Mallard Fillmore]], conservative-themed newspaper comic strip by Bruce Tinsley named for this President

==Notes & References==

==References==

 

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