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Millard Fillmore, the last Whig president and thirteenth president of the United States.

Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore, the last Whig president and thirteenth president of the United States.

Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He was the second Vice President to assume the Presidency upon the death of a sitting President, succeeding Zachary Taylor who died of what is thought to be acute gastroenteritis or hypothermia (heat stroke). Fillmore was never elected President; after serving out Taylor's term, he failed to gain the nomination for the Presidency of the Whigs in the 1852 presidential election, and, four years later, in the 1856 presidential election, he again failed to win election as the Know Nothing Party and Whig candidate

Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United…

Taylor's shorthand alphabet, based on the orthographic principle.

Taylor's system of shorthand

Taylor's shorthand alphabet, based on the orthographic principle.

Author and traveler, born in Kennett Square, Penn., Jan. 11, 1825; died in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 19, 1878.

Bayard Taylor

Author and traveler, born in Kennett Square, Penn., Jan. 11, 1825; died in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 19,…

Commanded the battle of Okechobee against the seminoles.

General Taylor

Commanded the battle of Okechobee against the seminoles.

"Escorting Major Taylor, of New Orleans, the bearer of a flag of truce, blindfolded, to the Confederate lines, after his unsuccessful mission. On the 8th of July, 1861, the pickets of the Eight New York Regiment, Colonel Lyons, observed a small party of Confederate soldiers approaching with a flag of truce. This proved to be from Manassas junction, and protected Major Taylor, of New Orleans, who bore letters from Jefferson Davis and General Beauregard to President Lincoln and General Scott. Colonel Lyons telegraphed to Washington, and in reply received orders to send the dispatches on. A council was held, when the dispatches from the eminent Confederates were read. It is sufficient to say that no answer was given, and Major Taylor was conducted to the Confederate lines in the manner portrayed in our sketch." — Frank Leslie, 1896

Major Taylor

"Escorting Major Taylor, of New Orleans, the bearer of a flag of truce, blindfolded, to the Confederate…

The twelfth president of the United States, born in Orange county, Virginia, Nov. 24, 1784; died in Washington, D. C., July 9, 1850.

Zachary Taylor

The twelfth president of the United States, born in Orange county, Virginia, Nov. 24, 1784; died in…

President Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the United States. He died in office.

Zachary Taylor

President Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the United States. He died in office.