Millard Fillmore served as the 13th President of the United States from 1850 to 1853. Born in a log cabin in New York in 1800, he became president after Zachary Taylor died in office.
Fillmore was the last Whig president. He supported the Compromise of 1850, a package of laws meant to ease sectional tensions.
Key Moments
The compromise admitted California as a free state and included the Fugitive Slave Act, which proved deeply divisive in the North. Fillmore also sent Commodore Matthew Perry on the expedition that opened trade with Japan.
Did You Know
Fillmore and his wife Abigail started the first permanent White House library. In 1856 he ran again for president as the candidate of the American Party, also known as the Know Nothings.
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