President of the United States from 1850 to 1853
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The last president who wasn't a Democrat or Republican, a Whig who signed the Fugitive Slave Act and watched his party disintegrate under the weight of it.
Fillmore was born into poverty in upstate New York's Finger Lakes on January 7, 1800, had little formal schooling, but studied law and built a practice in Buffalo. He entered politics through the Anti-Masonic Party, won a seat in the New York Assembly in 1828 and the U.S. House in 1832, then joined the Whigs as they coalesced in the mid-1830s — always trailing his rival William H. Seward in the state party's hierarchy. Elected vice president in 1848, he was sidelined by Zachary Taylor until Taylor's sudden death in July 1850 elevated him to the presidency. Fillmore immediately dismissed the ca…
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The whole country is full of enterprise. Our common schools are diffusing intelligence among the people and our industry is fast accumulating the comforts and luxuries of life.
May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.
An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.
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