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 Fillmore, Millard
January 7, 1800. Millard Fillmore was born in Locke, New York. His parents were Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe Millard Fillmore.
| In 1848 Millard Fillmore was elected vice president. Who was elected president over him? | Millard Fillmore
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Zachary Taylor. In 1848 the Whig party chose Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore as running mates. Fillmore was from the North and Taylor was from the South. As a result, they won the 1848 election.
New York. Millard Fillmore was from Locke, New York.
Whig. Millard Fillmore joined the Whig party in 1834. As a Whig, he helped make laws that taxed goods from other countries.
No. Millard Fillmore ran for governor in 1844, but lost.
| Millard Fillmore ran for president in 1856 but lost. Who did he lose the election to? | Millard Fillmore
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James Buchanan. Millard Fillmore ran for president but lost to James Buchanan in 1856. He decided to run for president after his first wife and daughter died.
| Millard Fillmore was married twice. His first wife died of pneumonia. What was her name? | Millard Fillmore
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Abigail Powers. Abigail Powers was born in 1798. She died of pneumonia on March 30, 1853.
New York. Fillmore was born in Locke Township, NY on January 7, 1800.
Unitarian. Fillmore was a charter member of the Buffalo Unitarian Church when it was founded in 1831.
Powers. Fillmore married Abigail Powers in Moravia, New York on February 5, 1826.
| What political party did Fillmore belong to at the beginning of his political career? | Millard Fillmore
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Anti-Mason. Fillmore was elected to three one-year terms to the New York State Assembly as a member of the Anti-Mason party from 1829-1831.
| While a member of the US House of Representatives, what committee did Fillmore serve as chairman of? | Millard Fillmore
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Ways & Means. Fillmore served as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee from 1841 to 1843.
| In what city was Fillmore when he received word that President Zachary Taylor had died? | Millard Fillmore
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Washington DC. Fillmore had actually visited with Taylor the afternoon of his death, so Taylor's death came as no surprise. Fillmore was sworn in as president at noon the next day before a joint session of Congress.
| What was the only state to join the union while Fillmore was president? | Millard Fillmore
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California. California joined the union on September 9, 1850, about two months after Fillmore became president.
| Who became secretary of state in the Fillmore administration after the death of Daniel Webster? | Millard Fillmore
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Edward Everett. Everett served as secretary of state for only the last few months of Fillmore's administration. Everett is better known as being the feature speaker in Gettysburg, before Abraham Lincoln gave his famous address there.
| In addition to Utah, what other territory was established by the Compromise of 1850, which was passed during the Fillmore administration? | Millard Fillmore
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New Mexico. The US was originally going to offer New Mexico statehood but they decided instead that they only wanted to come into the union as a territory.
none of these. While the slave trade was abolished by the Compromise of 1850 in the District of Columbia, slavery itself remained. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 banned future slavery above the 36 degree 30' latitude.
| In 1855, while Fillmore was traveling in Europe, he appeared before the British House of Commons at the same time as what other famous American? | Millard Fillmore
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Martin Van Buren. Van Buren was travelling in Europe at the same time as Fillmore. While Fillmore did not appear before the House of Commons with Greeley, he did bail Greeley out of prison while in Paris. Greeley was in prison there for failing to pay a debt.
Pius IX. Pius IX served as Pope from 1846-1878.
| When Fillmore ran for president in 1856 for the American Party, he won the electoral votes of only one state. Which state was it? | Millard Fillmore
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Maryland. Fillmore won only the 8 electoral votes of Maryland. He received 21% of the popular vote and finished third in the election behind James Buchanan and John C. Fremont.
| How many strokes did Fillmore suffer from before he died in 1874? | Millard Fillmore
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2. Fillmore was in excellent health up to a few weeks before his death. On February 13, 1874, Fillmore suffered his first stroke while shaving, which paralyzed Fillmore on his left side. Fillmore suffered his second and last stroke on February 26 and died on March 8, 1874
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