Happy Birthday to President Millard Fillmore

WillieBoyd2

Born January 7, 1800, 13th President of the United States (1850-1853)
and the last Whig President.


United States Dollar 2010-D Millard Fillmore


United States Medal Millard Fillmore

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Millard Fillmore is also the only US President to have both a county named after his first name along with a city in the county named after his last name. Pictured are the lava tubes just outside of Fillmore (Utah's first Capital) in Millard County.

TwoSides2aCoin

I just received a roll in the mail yesterday. We cannot see the date or mint mark on either of the coin's 2 sides. We have to LOOK on the outer rim or the EDGE of the coin. So why are people collecting these ?

Happy Birthday Millard Fillmore Albums.

BillJones

Millard Fillmore became President as a result of the death of Zachary Taylor. He was not really in the running for the 1852 Whig presidential nomination which went to Winfield Scott, but he did get the nod from the American or "Know Nothing" Party in 1856.

The main issue for the Know Nothings was discourage immigration to The United States and limit the civil rights of the immigrants who were already here. For example under their plan, immigrants could only become citizens after they had lived in the U.S. for 21 years. I have read that Fillmore's views on the subject were not as extreme as those whose party he represented, but the party did give him a platform from which to fulfill his political ambitions. Fillmore did poorly in the election. He only won the state of Maryland and finished a distant third in the Electoral College behind Republican John C. Fremont and Democrat James Buchanan.

Here is a Fillmore political piece from the 1856 election which presents the views of his party.