Millard Fillmore (1800 - 1874)

Born 7 Jan 1800 in Locke, Cayuga, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Powers) Fillmore — married 5 Feb 1826 in Moravia, New York

Husband of Caroline (Carmichael) Fillmore — married 10 Feb 1858 in Schuyler Mansion, Albany, New York, USA

Died 8 Mar 1874 at age 74 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States

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Preceded by 12th President Zachary Taylor Preceded by 11th Vice President George M. Dallas

Millard Fillmore 13th President of the United States 1850—1853 12th Vice President of the United States 1849—1850

Succeeded by 14th President Franklin Pierce Succeeded by 13th Vice President William R. King

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According to the book "The Fillmore Papers" written by Millard Fillmore: “Little I believe is known of the genealogy of the Fillmores, as the family has been quite too obscure to make it an object to trace its pedigree. I know nothing beyond my great grandfather, John Fillmore, a native of Ipswich, Mass…” He cites a book written in 1857 by Dr. Ashbel Woodward of Franklin, Connecticut, contributed to the New England Historical New England Genealogical Register a "Memoir of Captain John Fillmore", with a Genealogy of the Fillmore Family, as a source for much of his book about his father.^[1]

Biography Timeline

1800 Jan 7

Millard Fillmore is born to Nathaniel Fillmore Jr. and Phoebe Millard in a log cabin in Moravia, Cayuga County, New York, USA

1826 Feb 4

Marriage 1: Married Abigail Powers at the home of her brother in Moravia, Cayuga County, New York, USA by Reverend Orasius H. Smith

1828 Apr 25

Their first child and son Millard Powers Fillmore was born in Aurora, New York, USA

1832 Mar 27

Their daughter Mary Abigail Fillmore was born in Buffalo, New York, USA

1833 Mar 4

Elected to the US House of Representatives for the state of New York

1837 Mar 4

Re-elected to the US House of Representatives for the state of New York

1848 Jan 1

Served as the Comptroller for the state of New York

1858 Feb 10

Marriage 2: Married Caroline Carmichael 10 Feb 1858 in Schuyler Mansion, Albany, New York, USA

1874 Mar 8

Passed away in Buffalo, New York

Legacy

• Three U.S. states have named counties in President Fillmore's honor: Fillmore County in Minnesota and Nebraska, and in Millard County, Utah.

Sources

1. ↑ Fillmore, Millard. "The Fillmore Papers. Genealogical Data Related to Millard Fillmore". Millard Fillmore The Buffalo historical society, 1907 - United States.

• Ed Burke, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Ed and others.

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, [1]

• Millard Fillmore the White House biographies of the presidents, [2]

• Find A Grave: Memorial #336

• Portrait & Bio. Album of Mahaska Co. IA (1887)

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYZ-4FY : 02 March 2020), Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, ward 5, Erie, New York, United States; citing family 217, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQ5-RG9 : 18 February 2021), Millard Fillmore, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8NM-5RW : 29 May 2021), Millard Fillmore, 1870.

See Also

After the Whig party disliked Fillmore for his views and politics, he was with the American Party and ran for President in 1856 with them. He lost, coming in third in the popular vote for president...

From Wikipedia about the American Party:

The American Party, commonly known as the Know-Nothing Party, was an American nativist political party that operated in the mid-1850s. It was originally anti-Catholic, prejudiced against other nationalities, and against immigration. The movement was briefly a major political party in the form of the American Party. Followers of the movement were to reply "I know nothing" when asked about its specifics by outsiders, thus providing the group with its most common name.

The Know-Nothings believed a "Romanist" conspiracy was in progress, trying to undermine the power and authority of civil and religious liberty in the United States and wanted to politically organize native-born Protestants in a defense of their traditional religious and political values. It is remembered for this theme because of fears by Protestants that Catholic priests and bishops would control a large amount of voters. In most places, Know-Nothingism lasted only a year or two before disintegrating because of weak local leaders, few publicly declared national leaders and a deep split over the issue of slavery. In the South, the party did not focus on anti-Catholicism, but was the main alternative to the dominant Democratic Party.

The collapse of the Whig Party after the Kansas–Nebraska Act passed, left an opening for a new major party in to oppose the Democrats. The Know-Nothings elected congressman Nathaniel S. P. Banks of Massachusetts and many others in the 1854 elections and created a new party known as the American Party. Particularly in the South, the American Party served as a party for politicians who disagreed with the Democratic Party. Many also hoped that it would seek a middle ground between the pro-slavery positions of many Democratic politicians and the anti-slavery positions of the emerging Republican Party. The American Party nominated former President Millard Fillmore in the 1856 presidential election, although he kept quiet about his membership. Fillmore received 21.5% of the popular vote in the 1856 presidential election, finishing behind the Democratic and Republican nominees.

The party quickly declined after the 1856 election. The 1857 Sam (Dred) Scott v. Irene Sanford decision further aroused opposition to slavery in the North, where many Know Nothings joined the Republicans. Most of the remaining members of the party supported the Constitutional Union Party in the 1860 presidential election, (the CU party tried to be a balanced view between North and South to keep unity).

Millard Fillmore got 8 electoral college votes and 873,053 popular votes in 1856, coming in third after James Buchanan Jr., who became the next President, with a million more popular votes than Fillmore got.