MILLARD See also:

• MILLARD FILLMORE (1800-1874)

FILLMORE (1800-1874)  , thirteenth See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• UNITED

United States of See also:

• AMERICA

America, came of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• ENGLISH

English stock, which had See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early settled in New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Nathaniel, in 1795, made a clearing within the limits of what is now the See also:

• TOWN

town of Summerhill, Cayuga See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, and there Millard See also:

• FILLMORE, MILLARD (1800-1874)

Fillmore was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, on the 7th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1800 . Until he was fifteen he could have acquired only the simplest rudiments of See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and those chiefly from his parents . At that See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he was apprenticed to a See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller and See also:

• CLOTHIER

clothier, to card See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, and to dye and See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress the See also:

• CLOTH

cloth . Two years before the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his See also:

• TERM

term, with a promissory See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note for See also:

• THIRTY

thirty dollars, he bought the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time from his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and at the age of nineteen began to study See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . In 1820 he made his way to See also:

• BUFFALO

Buffalo, then only a See also:

• VILLAGE

village, and supported himself by teaching school and aiding the postmaster while continuing his studies . In 1823 he was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, and began practice at See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

Aurora, New York, to which See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place his father had removed . Hard study, See also:

• TEMPERANCE

temperance and integrity gave him a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good reputation and moderate success, and in 1827 he was made an See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney and, in 1829, counsellor of the supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Returning to Buffalo in 1830 he formed, in 1832, a See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with Nathan K . See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall (1810-1874), later a member of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress and postmaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in his See also:

• CABINET

cabinet . See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon G . Haven (1810–1861), member of Congress from 1851 to 1857, joined them in 1836 .

The See also:

• FIRM

firm met with See also:

• GREAT

great success . From 1829 to 1832 Fillmore served in the state See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, and, in the single term of 1833-1835, in the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives, coming in as See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson, or in opposition to the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . From 1837 to 1843, when he declined further service, he again represented his See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the House, this time as a member of the Whig party . In Congress he opposed the See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of See also:

• TEXAS

Texas as slave territory, was an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of See also:

• INTERNAL

internal improvements and a protective See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff, supported J . Q . See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams in maintaining the right of offering anti-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery petitions, advocated,the See also:

• PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

prohibition by Congress of the slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade between the states, and favoured the exclusion of slavery from the District of See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia . His speech and See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone, however, were moderate on these exciting subjects, and he claimed the right to stand See also:

• FREE

free of pledges, and to adjust his opinions and his course by the development of circumstances . The Whigs having the ascendancy in the Twenty-Seventh Congress, he was made chairman of the House See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee of Ways and Means . Against a strong opposition he carried an See also:

• APPROPRIATION (from Lat. appropriare, to set aside)

appropriation of $30,000 to See also:

• MORSE, SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE (1791—1872)

Morse's See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph, and reported from his committee the Tariff See also:

• BILL

Bill of 1842 . In 1844 he was the Whig See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the governorship of New York, but was defeated . ' In See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1847 he was elected See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller of the state of New York, and in 1848 he was elected See also:

• VICE

vice-president of the United States on the See also:

• TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

ticket with Zachary See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor as president . Fillmore presided over the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate during the exciting debates on the " See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

Compromise See also:

• MEASURES

Measures of 1850." President Taylor died on the 9th of See also:

• JULY

July 185o, and on the next See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day Fillmore took the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office as his successor .

The cabinet which he called around him contained See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• CORWIN, THOMAS (1794-1865)

Corwin and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John J . See also:

• CRITTENDEN, JOHN JORDAN (1787-1863)

Crittenden . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Webster in 1852, See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• EVERETT
• EVERETT, ALEXANDER HILL (1790-1847)
• EVERETT, CHARLES CARROLL (1829-1900)
• EVERETT, EDWARD (1794–1865)

Everett became secretary of state . Unlike Taylor, Fillmore favoured the " Compromise Measures," and his See also:

• SIGNING

signing one of them, the Fugitive Slave Law, in spite of the vigorous protests of anti-slavery men, lost him much of his popularity in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North . Few of his opponents, however, questioned his own full persuasion that the Compromise Measures were vitally necessary to pacify the nation . In 1851 he interposed promptly but ineffectively in thwarting the projects of the " filibusters," under Narciso See also:

• LOPEZ, CARLOS ANTONIO (1790-1862)

Lopez for the invasion of See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba . See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew Calbraith See also:

• PERRY
• PERRY (from Fr. Moire, from poire, a pear)
• PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH (1794–1858)
• PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD (1785-1819)

Perry's expedition, which opened up See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic relations with See also:

• JAPAN

Japan, and the exploration of the valley of the See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon by Lieutenants See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William L . Herndon (1813–1857) and See also:

• LARDNER, DIONYSIUS (1793-1859)
• LARDNER, NATHANIEL (1684-1768)

Lardner See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon also occurred during his term . In the autumn of 1852 he was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency by the Whig National See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention, and he went out of office on the 4th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1853 . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1856, while he was travelling abroad, he was nominated for the presidency by the See also:

• AMERICAN

American or Know Nothing party, and later this nomination was also accepted by the Whigs; but in the ensuing presidential See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election, the last in which the Know Nothings and the Whigs as such took any See also:

• PART

part, he received the electoral votes of only one state, See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland . Thereafter he took no public See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in See also:

• POLITICAL

political affairs . Fillmore was twice married: in 1826 to See also:

• ABIGAIL (Heb. Abigayil, perhaps "father is joy"), or ABIGAL (2 Sam. iii. 3)

Abigail See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

Powers (who died in 1853, leaving him with a son and daughter), and in 1858 to Mrs .

See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

Caroline C . McIntosh . He died at Buffalo on the 8th of March 1874 . In 1907 the Buffalo See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society, of which Fillmore was one of the founders and the first president, published the Millard Fillmore Papers (2 vols., vol. x. and xi. of the Society's publications; edited by F . H . Severance), containing See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous writings and speeches, and See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official and private See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence . Most of his correspondence, however, was destroyed in pursuance of a direction in his son's will .