SHADARIA ADAMS

MILLARD FILLMORE

• Millard Fillmore was our 13th President
• He had a law practice in east Aurora, but he had no formal education.
• He ran for New York legislature 3 terms in state assembly.

EARLY LIFE

• Fillmore was born January 7th, 1800
• He was born in Locke Township New York, into poverty in a Log Cabin
• Phoebe Fillmore Millard and Nathaniel Fillmore were his parents.
• At 15 he was apprenticed to a cloth maker by his father to make extra money for the the family

EDUCATION

• He moved to New Hope, New York
• He became obsessed with education stealing books when he could.
• He attended New Hope Academy where he met his future wife. Abigail Powers, who was also his teacher.

JOBS BEFORE PRESIDENCY

• In 1819 he got a job as a clerk w/ judge
• He was admitted to the New York bar in 1823
• Joined the Anti-Masonic party as a young lawyer
• After that his political career began.

CONT.

• 1828 he ran for the New York State assembly and won
• He served 3 terms
• He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1832
• He joined the Whig party through Thurlow Weed the party boss.
• 1834 resigned from the House and ran for NY Governor but failed.

CONT.

• 1846 Fillmore helped establish the University of Buffalo
• He served as the schools first Chancellor
• 1847 he was elected to NY Comptroller.
• 1848 he was tapped to run as Vice Pres. W/ Zachary Taylor.

VICE PRESIDENCY

• since Fillmore and Taylor didn't really get along Fillmore was excluded from all major roles
• he was also Regelated to being president of the senate.
• The senate was beginning to debate several bills addressing slavery in the south.

PRESIDENCY

• The sudden death of Zachary Taylor in Jul of 1850 brought a political shift to the administration
• Zachary Taylor's entire cabinet resigned.
• Fillmore sided w/ Democratic senator, Stephen Douglas.
• They formed a series of bills that became the compromise of 1850
• While the compromise passed, it only prolonged the split in the union

PRESIDENCY

• He was unpopular by many and was passed over for re nomination by the Whig party.

POST PRESIDENCY

• As the Whig party disintegrated Fillmore pursued to join the Republican Party
• He ran for presidency again but lost
• He officially retired from Politics
• He returned to New York and later died on March 8, 1824 from the effects of a stroke.