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After his death, Vice President Fillmore assumed the presidency and completed Taylor's term, which ended on March 4, 1853. Soon after taking office, Fillmore signed into law the Compromise of 1850 , with the aim of settling many of the issues the Taylor administration faced.
A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Fillmore was elected the 12th vice president in 1848, and succeeded to the presidency when Zachary Taylor died in July 1850. Fillmore was instrumental in passing the Compromise of 1850 , which led to a brief truce in the battle over the expansion of slavery .
The inauguration of Zachary Taylor as the 12th president of the United States was held on Monday, March 5, 1849, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., and was the second instance of an inauguration being rescheduled due to March 4 falling on a Sunday, the Christian sabbath.
The presidency of Millard Fillmore began on July 9, 1850, when Millard Fillmore became the 13th 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 prior to succeeding the presidency.
The Native American Party, a precursor to the Know Nothings, which had split from the Whig Party in 1845, met in September 1847 in Philadelphia, where they nominated Zachary Taylor for president and Henry A. S. Dearborn of Massachusetts for vice president. However, when the Whig Party nominated Taylor for the presidency with Millard Fillmore as ...
Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public. In the middle of the Depression, Franklin Roosevelt was sailing to Hawaii on a ...
The convention selected General Zachary Taylor of Louisiana for president and former Representative Millard Fillmore of New York for vice president. Taylor and General Winfield Scott had both emerged as contenders for the Whig presidential nomination after serving in the Mexican–American War, while two long-time party leaders, Senator Henry ...
Zachary Levi says his support for President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t resulted in “career suicide” after all. Appearing on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast this week, the “Shazam ...