OVERVIEW:
BORN:
January 7, 1800
Locke Township (now Summerhill), New York
DIED:
March 8, 1874 (age 74)
Buffalo, New York
POLITICAL PARTY:
Anti-Masonic (1828–1832)
Whig (1832–1855)
Know Nothing (1855–1856)
Democratic (1857–1874)
SPOUSES:
Abigail Powers (m. 1826; died 1853)
Caroline McIntosh (m. 1858)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1823:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in East Aurora, New York
1830:
Moved to Buffalo, New York
1829-1831:
Member of the New York State Assembly
1833-1835:
U.S. House of Representatives from New York
Elected as a Whig
1837-1843:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
1841-1843:
Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee
1844:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for Governor of New York
1847-1849:
New York State Comptroller
1849-1850:
Vice President of the United States
July 10, 1850- March 3, 1853:
13th President of the United States
1852:
Unsuccessful Candidate for the Whig Nomination for President
1856:
Unsuccessful Candidate for President on the National American (Know Nothing) ticket
FIRST LADY:
RESOURCES:
BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
Senate Historical Office
Biographical Directory of Congress
House of Representatives
UVA Miller Center
American Presidents: (C-SPAN)
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
Library of Congress
State University of New York
American Presidency Project (Public Papers)
Buffalo Historical Society
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1850 SWEARING-IN
Library of Congress
Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee
1856 ELECTION:
DEMOCRAT:
JAMES BUCHANAN (PRESIDENT)
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 174 (58.8%)
Popular Vote: 1,836,072 (45.3%)
REPUBLICAN:
JOHN C. FREMONT (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM L. DAYTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 114 (38.5%)
Popular Vote: 1,342,345 (33.1%)
WHIG-AMERICAN:
MILLARD FILLMORE (PRESIDENT)
ANDREW JACKSON DONELSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 8 (2.7%)
Popular Vote: 873,053 (21.6%)
FILLMORE ADMINISTRATION:
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Thomas Ewing (1849-1850)
Thomas M. T. McKennan (1850)
Alexander H. H. Stuart (1850–1853)
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Reverdy Johnson (1849-1850)
John J. Crittenden (1850–1853)
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
William B. Preston (1849-1850)
William A. Graham (1850–1852)
John P. Kennedy (1852–1853)
POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Jacob Collamer (1849-1850)
Samuel D. Hubbard (1852–1853)
Nathan K. Hall (1850–1852)
SECRETARY OF STATE:
John M. Clayton (1849-1850)
Daniel Webster (1850–1852)
Edward Everett (1852–1853)
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
William M. Meredith (1849-1850)
Thomas Corwin (1850–1853)
SECRETARY OF WAR:
George W. Crawford (1849-1850)
Charles M. Conrad (1850–1853)
SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:
Benjamin Curtis (1851-1857)
Edward A. Bradford (No Action)
George E. Badger (No Action)
William C. Micou (No Action)
CONGRESS:
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Howell Cobb (1849-1851)
Linn Boyd (1851-1855)
HISTORIC SITES:
Millard Fillmore House (NPS)