Millard+Fillmore

=Millard Fillmore= = "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." = = -Millard Fillmore  = = Background Information:  =  Thirteenth President of the United States of America Born on January 7, 1800, in Summerhill, New York Died on March 8, 1874, in Buffalo, New York

Was a lawyer A member in the House of Representatives from New York President of the Senate Vice President under Zachary Taylor When President Zachary Taylor died Millard Fillmore became President Married to Abigail Powers = Presidency: = __ Term: __ Began on July 9, 1850 Ended on March 4, 1853 __ Political Party: __ Whig

__ Cabinet: __ Vice President: None Secretary of State: John M. Claytong, then Daniel Webster, then Edward Everett Secretary of Treasury: Thomas Corwin, then William M. Meredith, then Thomas Ewing Secretary of War: Charles M. Conrad, then George W. Crawford

__ Issues During Presidency: __ - Secession a threat due to the issue of slavery -Great Compromise of 1850: Henry Clay, also known as the "Great Compromiser", created this bill that declared California admitted as a free state, allow New Mexico to become part of the union and created a government, Texas/New Mexico boundary dispute settled in favor of New Mexico, the Texas debt absorbed by the United States government, inexpedient to abolish slavery in district of Colombia but we are going to ban auction of black slaves, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which declared if slave escapes to a free state territory then northerners need to return the slave to their rightful owner. - Trade with Japan __ Important Points from First Annual Message: __ __ First Annual Message: __  "In our domestic policy the Constitution will be my guide, and in questions of doubt I shall look for its interpretation to the judicial decisions of that tribunal which was established to expound it and to the usage of the Government, sanctioned by the acquiescence of the country. I regard all its provisions as equally binding. In all its parts it is the will of the people expressed in the most solemn form, and the constituted authorities are but agents to carry that will into effect. Every power which it has granted is to be exercised for the public good; but no pretense of utility, no honest conviction, even, of what might be expedient, can justify the assumption of any power not granted. The powers conferred upon the Government and their distribution to the several departments are as clearly expressed in that sacred instrument as the imperfection of human language will allow, and I deem it my first duty not to question its wisdom, add to its provisions, evade its requirements, or nullify its commands." -Will uphold the Constitution -When it comes to slavery believes in the Compromise of 1850 -Discussed foreign trade, and internal affairs

=Legacy:= By focusing on the Great Compromise of 1850 he was able to delay the heated tension that lead to the civil war, and he opened trade with Japan.

Work Cited: Millard Fillmore First Annual Message (1850) http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/millardfillmore http://millercenter.org/president/fillmore []

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