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|term_start=July 9, 1850  

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|term_end=March 4, 1853

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|party= Whig Party

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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.

'''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, 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 (American) Party and the Whig Party.  The Whig Party did not even nominate him for reelection in the [[United States presidential election, 1852|1852 Presidential election]].

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, 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 (American) Party and the Whig Party.  The Whig Party did not even nominate him for reelection in the [[United States presidential election, 1852|1852 Presidential election]].