 1800 - 1874 (74 years)
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| Name |
Fillmore President Millard |
| Birth |
07 Jan 1800 |
Locke, Cayuga County, NY  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
08 Mar 1874 |
Buffalo, Erie County, NY [1] |
| Burial |
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, NY [1] |
| Notes |
- Millard Filmore became the 13th President of the United States of America in 1850-1853 and the second vice-president to finish the term of a deceased president. He succeeded Zachery Taylor at a critical moment in United States history. The Mexican War (1846-1848) had renewed the conflict between the Northern and Southern states over slavery, since it had added new territories to the United States. The debate over whether these territories should be admitted as free or slave states precipitated a crisis that threatened civil war. Much to the relief of Northeren and Southern politicians, Fillmore pursued a moderate and conciliatory policy. He signed into law the Compromise of 1850 , which admitted one territory as a free state and allowed slave owners to settle in othe others. This compromise did not solve the basic problem of the slavery but did preserve peace for nearly eleven years. During that time the North gained the industrial power that enabled it to defeat the South when civil war eventually came.
His first wife, Abigail became first lady. After her death, he remarried Caroline Carmichael McIntosh. Both wives are buried in the family plot in Buffalo, Erie County,NY.
The house of Abigail and Millard, The Millard Fillmore House, is located about 15 miles SSE of Buffalo, New York, at 24 Shearer Avenue, just off Main Street in East Aurora, New York. It is open to the public on Wed., Sat., and Sun., from 2 pm-4 pm. from June to mid October. Fillmore built this house in the early 1820s and lived in it with his wife, Abigail from 1826-1830.
In his early years, Millard was able to educate himself with the help of the village school teacher, Abigail Powers who would later become his wife. He later studied law with Judge Walter Wood of Cayuga County. In the early years of their marriage, Abigail continued to teach school and to help her husband with his law studies.
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| Person ID |
I52135 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Family 1 |
Powers Abigail, b. 13 Mar 1798, Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY d. 30 Mar 1853, Washington, District of Columbia (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage |
05 Feb 1826 |
Moravia, Cuyuga County, NY [1] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F23869 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Carmichael Carolyn C., b. 02 Oct 1813, Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY d. 11 Aug 1881, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Feb 1858 |
Albany, Albany County, NY [1] |
| Family ID |
F23920 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
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| Sources |
- [S1257] Merged from BrianFreeman on 01-Jan-13 at 20:12.
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