Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) — 13. FILLMORE

OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 24, 1784
Barboursville, Virginia,

DIED:
July 9, 1850 (age 65)
Washington, DC

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig

HIGHLIGHTS:
1806-1849:
U.S. Army
War of 1812
Black Hawk War
Second Seminole War
Mexican-American War
1849-1850:
12th President of the United States

FIRST LADY/ ACTING FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

Zachary Taylor — General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista, February 23, 1847. (Library of Congress)

BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
Miller Center
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
Ohio History Central

PAPERS:
Library of Congress
American Presidency Project (Public Papers)
Letters from the Battlefields of the Mexican War

NOTABLE BOOKS:

**SOLDIER OF THE REPUBLIC** by Holman Hamilton

**SOLDIER IN THE WHITE HOUSE** by Holman Hamilton

1848 ELECTION:

WHIG:
ZACHARY TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
MILLARD FILLMORE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote:163 (56.2%)
Popular Vote: 1,361,393 (47.3%)

DEMOCRATIC:
LEWIS CASS (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM BUTLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 127 (43.8%)
Popular Vote: 1,223,460 (42.5%)

FREE SOIL:
MARTIN VAN BUREN (PRESIDENT)
CHARLES ADAMS, SR. (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote: 291,501 (10.1%)

1849 INAUGURATION:

The Inauguration of Zachary Taylor, 1849 (Library of Congress)

1849 Inaugural Address
Library of Congress
Joint Congressional Committee

TAYLOR ADMINISTRATION:

Zachary Taylor and his cabinet in 1849. Left to right: William Ballard Preston, Secretary of the Navy; Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Interior; John Middleton Clayton, Secretary of State; President Zachary Taylor; William Morris Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury; George Washington Crawford, Secretary of War; Jacob Collamer, Postmaster General; and Reverdy Johnson, Attorney General (Library of Congress Photo by Matthew Brady)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Thomas Ewing (1849–1850)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Reverdy Johnson (1849–1850)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
William B. Preston (1849–1850)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Jacob Collamer (1849–1850)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
John M. Clayton (1849–1850)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
William M. Meredith (1849–1850)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
George W. Crawford (1849–1850)

CONGRESS:

Senator Henry Clay speaking about the Compromise of 1850 in the Old Senate Chamber. Daniel Webster is seated to the left of Clay and John C. Calhoun to the left of the Speaker’s chair. (Library of Congress)

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Howell Cobb (1849-1851)

HISTORIC SITES:

Zachary Taylor Home (Springfield, KY)