Who is Millard Fillmore?
Millard Fillmore was the thirteenth President of the United States, and the second president to assume the office due to the death of the acting President. A year and a half after being elected as Vice President, Zachary Taylor’s death would hand Millard Fillmore the presidency. He served in office from 1850-1853, and would unsuccessfully run again in 1856. Millard Fillmore is a sharp contrast to many of the Presidents who preceded him, and especially to his running mate Taylor. He was born to a family of relatively poor Native New Yorkers, and was only one of two Presidents who were indentured workers, being an apprentice to a clothmaker. He also lacked much in the way of formal education, but did ultimately pass the bar examination to work as a lawyer. Fillmore’s career in politics began in 1828, when he was 28. He served on the New York State assembly for three years. He had strong Whig leanings, and would be elected as a Whig politician to the 23rd, 25th, and 27th Congress. He serv
