Millard Fillmore

Born:  January 7, 1800 Locke Township, Cayuga Co NY

Died:  March 8, 1874  Buffalo, NY

No Vice President

- Reared on a farm; largely self-taught; apprenticed to a clothier   

- Taught school in Buffalo while studying law

- 1823 - Admitted to the bar and practiced in East Aurora, NY.  Moved to Buffalo in 1830

- 1829-1831 - Member of the State Assembly

- Elected as a Whig to the 23rd Congress (March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835)

- Elected to the 25th, 26th, & 27th Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1843)

- 1842 - Declined to be the candidate for renomination.

- 1844 - Unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor

- 1847-1849 - State Comptroller

- 1848 - Elected Vice President of the United States on a Whig ticket headed by Zachary Taylor.  Was inaugurated March 4, 1849

- Became 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Taylor.  Served from July 10, 1850 to March 3, 1853.

- Was instrumental in the passing of the Compromise of 1850, a bargain that led to a brief truce in the battle over the expansion of slavery.

- 1852 - Unsuccessful candidate for the Whig nomination for President.

- 1856 - Unsuccessful candidate for President on the National American ticket.

- Commanded a corps of home guards during the Civil War.

- March 8, 1874 - Died in Buffalo, NY 

- Internment in Forest Lawn Cemetery

President's Park South Dakota 2005