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Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853, and was the last president to have been a member of the Whig Party while in office.
The presidency of Millard Fillmore began on July 9, 1850, when Millard Fillmore became 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 when he became the 13th United States president.
Millard Fillmore: Party Democratic: ... nominated a ticket led by former Whig President Millard Fillmore. Domestic political turmoil was a major factor in the ...
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Republican: John Charles Frémont of California: William Lewis Dayton of New Jersey: 108,172: 63.61%: 13: 100.00%: Democratic: James Buchanan of Pennsylvania: John Cabell Breckinridge of Kentucky: 39,244 23.08% 0 0.00% Know Nothing: Millard Fillmore of New York: Andrew ...
The American Party, formerly the Native American Party, was the vehicle of the Know Nothing movement. The convention resulted in the nomination of former President Millard Fillmore from New York for president and former Ambassador Andrew Jackson Donelson from Tennessee for vice president.
Maryland voted for the Know Nothing candidate, former president Millard Fillmore, over the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, and Republican candidate, John C. Frémont. Fillmore won the state by a margin of 9.59%. Maryland was the only state to vote for Fillmore this election.
After Webster turned down the vice presidential candidacy, Millard Fillmore received the party's vice-presidential nomination on the second ballot after defeating Abbott Lawrence, a Massachusetts politician whose mild opposition to slavery led him to be dubbed a "Cotton Whig". An attempt was made to make both nominations unanimous, but it was ...
The 1850 United States elections occurred part way through Whig President Millard Fillmore's term, during the Second Party System.Fillmore (1800-1874, served 1850-1853), had become 13th president on July 9, 1850, upon the death of his 12th brief predecessor, former U.S. Army General Zachary Taylor (1784-1850, served 1849-1850).