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Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the United States (1850–53), whose insistence on federal enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 alienated the North and led to the destruction of the Whig Party.
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29 de oct. de 2009 · Millard Fillmore, who became U.S. president after the death of Zachary Taylor, saw his brief administration defined by his support of the Compromise of 1850.
War veteran, diplomat and U.S. senator, Cass ran as the Democratic candidate in the 1848 election, losing to Zachary Taylor. Cass is best known as the father of "popular sovereignty," the notion that the sovereign people of a territory should themselves decide the issue of slavery. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms ...
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853, the last president to have been a member of the Whig Party while in office.
Vice President Millard Fillmore, a conciliatory New York lawyer-politician took over; As presiding officer of the Senate, he had been impressed with the arguments for conciliation, and he gladly signed the series of compromise measures that passed Congress after seven long months of stormy debate (balancing of interests)
This compromise signed by Millard Fillmore deals with disputed territory, and the controversy of whether California should join. The results were that California joined as a free state, and what was left of the Mexican Cession land became New Mexico and Utah, and did not restrict slavery.
Millard Fillmore heredó la legislación incompleta conocida como el Compromiso de 1850, una iniciativa senatorial para reconciliar una serie de asuntos contrastantes. Éstos implicaron la organización de los territorios adquiridos en la victoria sobre México y conseguir un equilibrio entre los intereses a favor y en contra de la esclavitud.
