Millard Fillmore's Last Address to Congress

By: Millard Fillmore

Narrated by: John Greenman

Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 - March 8, 1874) was the 13th President of the United States (1850-53), the last Whig president, and the last president not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties. Fillmore was the only Whig president that did not die in office or get expelled from the party, and Fillmore appointed the only Whig Supreme Court Justice. He is consistently included in the bottom 10 of historical rankings of presidents of the United States. As Zachary Taylor's vice president, he assumed the presidency after Taylor's death. Fillmore was a lawyer from western New York state, and an early member of the Whig Party.

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