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Fillmore, Millard


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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(b. Locke, N.Y., 7 January 1800; d. Buffalo, N.Y., 8 March 1874) In 1823 Fillmore opened a law office. He entered politics in the A nti -M asonic party , but joined the W hig party in 1834. He supported Henry C lay while in Congress (1833–43), and drafted the tariff of 1842. He lost a race for N.Y. governor in 1844, then ran as Zachary T aylor's vice-president in 1848. Taylor's death made Fillmore president on 9 July 1850. He backed Clay's C ompromise of 1850, tried to enforce the unpopular F ugitive S lave A ct (1850), and sent Matthew P erry to open trade with Japan. Denied renomination in 1852, Fillmore ran as president with the K now -N othing party in 1856, when he polled 21.6 percent of the popular vote but carried only Md. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Dictionary of American History



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