Millard Fillmore

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Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States, a Whig politician best known for his moderate stance on slavery and efforts to preserve the Union in the decade before the Civil War.

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President Millard Fillmore 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of the United States
Whig Party politician
human
lawyer
politician
birthDate 1800-01-07
birthPlace Cayuga County, New York NERFINISHED
Moravia, New York
burialPlace Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York
child Abigail Fillmore
surface form: Mary Abigail Fillmore

Millard Powers Fillmore
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1874-03-08
deathPlace Buffalo
surface form: Buffalo, New York
familyName Millard Fillmore self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fillmore
givenName Millard
inaugurationDate 1850-07-10
knownFor Compromise of 1850
efforts to preserve the Union
moderate stance on slavery
support for the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
laterAffiliation Know-Nothing movement
surface form: Know Nothing movement
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
openedRelationsWith Japan
politicalMovement Unionism
positionHeld 12th vice president of the United States
13th president of the United States
Comptroller of New York
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
precededBy Zachary Taylor
presidentDuringTerm United States of America
presidentialOrder 13
profession lawyer
politician
ranForOffice 1856 United States presidential election
religion Unitarianism
representedDistrict New York's 32nd congressional district
sentExpedition Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan
servedIn United States House of Representatives
signed Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
spouse Abigail Fillmore
Caroline Carmichael McIntosh
succeededBy Franklin Pierce
termEndAsPresident 1853-03-04
termEndAsVicePresident 1850-07-09
termStartAsPresident 1850-07-10
termStartAsVicePresident 1849-03-04
vicePresidentOf United States of America

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Daniel Webster appointedBy Millard Fillmore
Thomas Ewing appointedBy Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore familyName Millard Fillmore self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fillmore
Whig Party hadProminentLeader Millard Fillmore
Fillmore County, Minnesota namedAfter Millard Fillmore
Millard County namedAfter Millard Fillmore
Millard County, Utah namedAfter Millard Fillmore
Know-Nothing movement nominated Millard Fillmore
American Party nominatedForPresident Millard Fillmore
Compromise of 1850 officeholderAtTime Millard Fillmore
this entity surface form: President Millard Fillmore
Compromise of 1850 signedBy Millard Fillmore
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 signedBy Millard Fillmore
George M. Dallas succeededBy Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor successor Millard Fillmore