Fillmore, Millard, US President, 1800-1874
Dates
- Existence: 1800 - 1874
Biography
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853, the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Upstate New York, Fillmore was elected as the 12th U.S. Vice President in 1848, and succeeded to the presidency in July 1850 upon the death of U.S. President Zachary Taylor. Fillmore was instrumental in the passing of the Compromise of 1850, a bargain that led to a brief truce in the battle over the expansion of slavery. He failed to win the Whig nomination for president in 1852 but gained the endorsement of the nativist Know Nothing Party four years later and finished third in the 1856 presidential election.
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Daniel Webster letter
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Daniel Webster letter
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Daniel Webster letter
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Daniel Webster letter
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Daniel Webster letter
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Daniel Webster letter
Two-page letter from Daniel Webster to President Millard Fillmore, telling him that he is not sure that he should forward the letter he received. Has not confidence in Governor Johnston and not much in W.D. Seevis. Includes Millard Fillmore letter to Daniel Webster, dated May 1, 1851.
Daniel Webster letter
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Daniel Webster letter
Two-page letter from Daniel Webster in Trenton, New Jersey to Millard Fillmore in Washington, DC in which he encloses a letter from Leopold C.P. Cowper recommending George Doniphan Parker for a midshipment's warrant. Docketed by President Fillmore. Enclosure missing.
Daniel Webster letter
Two-page letter from Daniel Webster in Boston, Massachusetts to Millard Fillmore: "I am mortified to have done so awkward a thing, as to send you a letter, unsigned. The truth is I have been unwell, as you may have inferred from my letter's being in another's hand [and] I am, beside, in the middle of such family affliction, that I can scarcely give proper attention to any thing."
Millard Fillmore letter
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Millard Fillmore letter
Letter from Millard Fillmore to the Secretary of State, informing Webster when he will be available to see him that day.
Millard Fillmore letter
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Millard Fillmore letter
Letter from Millard Fillmore in Berlin to Mr. and Mrs. P.D. Vroom written in the third person informing the US minister to Prussia of his presence in Berlin. Correctly docketed "May" by Vroom.