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The presidency of Millard Fillmore began on July 9, 1850, when Millard Fillmore became the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, and ended on March 4, 1853. Fillmore had been Vice President of the United States for 1 year, 4 months prior to succeeding the presidency.
Fillmore was the leading citizen in East Aurora, having successfully sought election to the New York State Assembly, and served in Albany for three one-year terms (1829 to 1831). [1] Fillmore's 1828 election contrasted with the general victory of the Jacksonian Democrats (soon the Democratic Party ), who elected Jackson President and won a ...
He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10] Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected president more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once. [11]
Assassinated: died 2 years, 10 months, and 2 days into term 40: Millard Fillmore: 969 13th • July 9, 1850 [h] – March 4, 1853: Succeeded to one partial term (2 years, 7 months, and 23 days) [p] 41: Gerald Ford: 895 38th • August 9, 1974 [h] – January 20, 1977: Succeeded to one partial term (2 years, 5 months, and 11 days) [q] 42: Warren ...
1835 was the year in which the most former and future presidents served together in Congress: six presidents (Representatives J.Q. Adams, Pierce, Fillmore, and Polk, and Senators Buchanan and Tyler), who all served under vice president (and future president) Martin Van Buren.
Vice President Fillmore assumed the presidency and served the remainder of his term. Historians and scholars have ranked Taylor in the bottom quartile of U.S. presidents, owing in part to his short term of office (16 months), though he has been described as "more a forgettable president than a failed one".
Millard Fillmore: None Years of service: 1820s–1830s, 1860s–1870s Brevet Major United States Army (volunteers) William McKinley: Civil War: Served in the Army of the Potomac, originally with the 23rd Ohio Infantry, the same unit as President Rutherford B. Hayes.
The inauguration of Millard Fillmore as the 13th president of the United States, was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1850, at the House chamber inside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., following the death of President Zachary Taylor the previous day. [1]