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	Abigail Fillmore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1847, Fillmore was elected state comptroller; with the children away in boarding school and college, the parents moved temporarily to Albany, New York.
		In 1849, Abigail Fillmore came to Washington, DC as wife of the Vice President; 16 months later, after Zachary Taylor's death at a height of sectional crisis, the Fillmores moved into the White House.
		Fillmore stayed near her husband through the outdoor ceremonies of President Franklin Pierce's inauguration while a raw northeast wind whipped snow over the crowd.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abigail_Fillmore (523 words)

	Abigail Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and is seen as the second First Lady of the United States, though that term was not coined until after her death.
		Abigail Adams is remembered today for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he served his country in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses and the Constitutional Convention.
		Abigail died in 1818 of typhoid fever, and is buried beside her husband in the United First Parish Church (also known as the Church of the Presidents).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abigail_Adams (705 words)

	Millard Fillmore - MSN Encarta
		Fillmore was born in upstate New York on January 7, 1800.
		Young Fillmore did chores on his father's farm, worked as an apprentice in the clothier's trade, and attended local schools irregularly until he was 17.
		In the election, however, Fillmore was beaten by his Democratic Party opponent, Silas Wright, and Clay lost the decisive New York vote.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569065/Fillmore_Millard.html (734 words)

	Abigail Adams
		Abigail was the second daughter of four children born to the Rev. William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy in Weymouth, Mass.
		Abigail was thought to be too sickly to go to school, so she learned to read by having her older relatives help teach her.
		Abigail was an excellent ambassador's wife; her years of self-management and wide reading made her into a wise and capable ambassador's wife, entertaining government officials in France, such as the Marquis de Lafayette and his wife, and of course, was entertained by the French.
	www.uuquincy.org /projects/stamps/3abigailadams.htm (1126 words)

	Abigail Fillmore - Reference
		She was a schoolteacher, and Millard Fillmore was originally one of her students; they married in 1826.
		Abigail Powers Fillmore (March 13, 1798 – March 30, 1853), wife of Millard Fillmore, was First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853.
		In 1849, Abigail Fillmore came to Washington, D.C. Even after the period of official mourning the social life of the Fillmore administration remained subdued.
	encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com /pages/454/Abigail-Fillmore.html (236 words)

	National Park Service - The Presidents (Millard Fillmore)
		Fillmore, who succeeded to the Presidency on the death of Taylor, inherited the controversy over the extension of slavery into the Southwest that had divided his predecessor and Congress.
		In 1844 Fillmore unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for Vice President and was narrowly defeated in a bid for the governorship of New York.
		Fillmore, who still personally disliked slavery but was determined to be President of the whole country, threw his power behind the compromise.
	www.nps.gov /history/history/online_books/presidents/bio13.htm (1132 words)

	obits.com, The Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Millard Fillmore
		The Fillmore family was extremely poor, and Millard Fillmore labored as a child on the family farmstead until he was indentured to a wool carder at the age of 15.
		Fillmore was almost completely illiterate when he entered his indentured apprenticeship, never setting foot in a school until he was 18 years old.
		Fillmore served as a New York Assemblyman for three terms (1829-32) and was next elected to Congress, where he served from 1833-35 and 1837-43.
	obits.com /fillmoremillard.html (952 words)

	The Ultimate Millard Fillmore - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth (1850–1853) President of the United States and the second President to succeed to the office from the Vice Presidency on the death of the predecessor.
		Fillmore was born in extreme poverty to Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe Millard in Summerhill, New York as the second of eight children and eldest son.
		Thus the sudden ascension of Fillmore to the Presidency in July 1850 brought an abrupt political shift in the administration.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Millard_Fillmore (925 words)

	Abigail
		Fillmore worked diligently for improvement in public education, establishment of a public library system, and cultural and intellectual enrichment.
		In 1848 Fillmore was elected Vice-President and the family moved to Washington, D.C. He took the oath of office on 5 March 1849 and served under President Zachary Taylor until Taylor’s death on 9 July 1850.
		Abigail and her husband, who died at Buffalo in 1874, are buried in Buffalo’s beautiful Forest Lawn Cemetery.
	buffalodar.home.att.net /abigail.htm (380 words)

	USA-Presidents.Info - Millard Fillmore
		Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 - March 8, 1874) was the the thirteenth (1850 - 1853) President of the United States being the second President to succeed to the office from the Vice Presidency on the death of the predecessor.
		This helped influence a critical number of northern Whigs in Congress away from their insistence upon the Wilmot Proviso --the stipulation that all land gained by the Mexican War must be closed to slavery.
		The myth that Millard Fillmore installed the White House 's first bathtub was started by H. Mencken in a joke column published on December 28, 1917 in the New York Evening Mail.
	www.usa-presidents.info /fillmore.htm (667 words)

	Biography of Abigail Powers Fillmore
		In 1847, Fillmore was elected state comptroller; with the children away in boarding school and college, the parents moved temporarily to Albany.
		In 1849, Abigail Fillmore came to Washington as wife of the Vice President; 16 months later, after Zachary Taylor's death at a height of sectional crisis, the Fillmores moved into the White House.
		Fillmore stayed near her husband through the outdoor ceremonies of President Pierce's inauguration while a raw northeast wind whipped snow over the crowd.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/ladies/bio/13af.html (495 words)

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		Fillmore, the second of eight children, was born into an impoverished family on January 7, 1800.
		Fillmore taught himself to read, stealing books on occasion, and finally managed to borrow thirty dollars and pay his obligation to the clothmaker.
		In 1832, Millard Fillmore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/millardfillmore (943 words)

	Biography of Millard Fillmore
		Born in the Finger Lakes country of New York in 1800, Fillmore as a youth endured the privations of frontier life.
		He attended one-room schools, and fell in love with the redheaded teacher, Abigail Powers, who later became his wife.
		As an associate of the Whig politician Thurlow Weed, Fillmore held state office and for eight years was a member of the House of Representatives.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/presidents/mf13.html (581 words)

	Presidential Notes: Abigail Fillmore
		Abigail Powers was born in New York State in 1798, to a notable Baptist minister.
		Abigail Fillmore remained the loving and loyal wife, who constantly stood by her husband's side.
		Abigail Fillmore reaped benefits galore when she became the wife of the Vice President of the United States of America.
	momo.essortment.com /abigailfillmore_ridw.htm (731 words)

	Welcome to The American Presidency
		Fillmore was born on January 7, 1800, in what was then the frontier village of Locke, New York.
		Fillmore began his career in Congress at a time when the question of slavery was being hotly debated.
		Adams later recalled that Fillmore was "one of the ablest, most faithful men" with whom he served in public life.
	ap.grolier.com /article?assetid=a2010200-h&templatename=/article/article.html (1086 words)

	Big Mo's Presidents Review: Number 13: Millard Fillmore
		Millard Fillmore was born in a log cabin, one of the truly authentic “log cabin presidents.” Reared in an extremely poor family, he struggled at an early age to get a decent education, eventually moving to Buffalo to read law.
		Fillmore had General Scott sit on cabinet meetings (Scott, as the Army’s c-in-c, was also serving as a forerunner of the chief of staff).
		Fillmore was a lot stronger a president than “history” says, because he used the might of his office to back up his words.
	thepresidentsatbigmo.blogspot.com /2007/07/number-13-millard-fillmore.html (5545 words)

	American President: Abigail Fillmore
		Indeed, when Millard Fillmore was nominated as the Whig vice-presidential candidate in 1848, Abigail spent the campaign often confined to her room, having to endure headaches and back and hip ailments.
		Fillmore made further cultural contributions to life in the White House as she invited prominent lecturers and performers to enlighten and entertain guests at the presidential mansion.
		Since Abigail Fillmore spent only two years in the White House, she, like her husband, is often relegated to the footnotes of presidential history.
	www.millercenter.virginia.edu /academic/americanpresident/fillmore/essays/firstlady (857 words)

	Millard Fillmore Filmore
		Fillmore in 1823 he was admitted to the bar; 7 years later he moved his law practice to Buffalo.
		Fillmore in 1848, while Comptroller of New York, was nominated by the Whigs as the vice-presidential candidate for Zacary Taylor.
		Abigail Fillmore was the first of the First Ladies to hold a job after marriage, Abigail Fillmore was helping her husband's career.
	histclo.com /pres/ind19/filmore.html (1489 words)

	History's Women
		However, Fillmore found the judge was a hard man to work for and after two years, he was ready to move on even though he had not made enough money to marry Abigail.
		Abigail continued to teach for another two years- unusual for a married woman at the time- while Fillmore studied more law and was soon admitted to practice before the New York Supreme Court.
		One reason Abigail found the official receptions difficult was because an 1842 ankle injury that had healed improperly and prevented her standing for long periods for receptions.
	www.historyswomen.com /1stWomen/abigailpowersfillmore.html (1623 words)

	First Lady Biography: Abigail Fillmore : Biography - First Ladies of the United States - USA Guide, US FastFacts, US ...
		Abigail Fillmore was to find the social expectations more than she could fulfill, often turning to her outgoing, talented daughter to take over some of the duties.
		Abigail was saddened by the death of her sister in 1851.
		Fillmore insisted on standing near both her husband and the grieving Pierce, whose wife refused to leave Baltimore, for the inauguration.
	www.50usa.org /Ladies2.asp?id=16 (1818 words)

	Fillmore House
		Fillmore's parents, Nathaniel and Phoebe, and Uncle Calvin and Aunt Jerusha migrated to Central New York to what was known as "The Military Tract" several years before Millard's birth in 1800.
		The local Abigail Powers Chapter of the DAR is named after her and they have held ceremonies and erected markers in both the old cemetery and at the Fillmore House when the Prices owned it.
		In contrast to Fillmore's previous modest residence for 26 years at 180 Franklin Street, Caroline purchased John Hollister's Gothic Revival brownstone and brick mansion at 52 Niagara Square where they lived for the duration of their 16 years of marriage.
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	Abigail Powers Fillmore -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The name Abigail was also borne by David's sister (1 Chronicles 2:16), who was the mother of Amasa, commander of the army of Absalom.
		Millard Fillmore was born in a log cabin on a frontier farm in Cayuga County, N.Y., Jan. 7, 1800.
		Succeeding to the presidency was Vice-President Millard Fillmore, a Whig from New York.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9351350?&query=albany (786 words)

	Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States
		The Fillmore's economic situation improved quite suddenly and by the time their daughter, Mary Abigail, was born in 1832 (1832-54) they were doing well.
		Fillmore was not re-elected so in March, 1853, they moved temporarily to the Willard Hotel to make room for incoming President Pierce and to attend the inauguration.
		Abigail developed pneumonia and died at the hotel on March 30, 1853.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/ladies/bio/13afs.html (200 words)

	Biography of : ABIGAIL POWERS FILLMORE
		Abigail Fillmore is perhaps best remembered for starting the first library in the White House.
		Due to an old ankle injury, Abigail Fillmore had difficulty standing for extended periods but she fulfilled her obligations as White House hostess.
		Abigail attended the inauguration of her husband's successor, Franklin Pierce, which took place during a spell of cold winter weather.
	www.multied.com /Bio/ladies/fillmore.html (125 words)

	Abigail Fillmore
		Abigail Powers' father was a Baptist preacher, who died when she was an infant.
		Upon graduating from high school at 16, young Abigail was hired to replace the school's teacher, where she fell in love with one of her students, Millard Fillmore.
		Their son, Millard Powers Fillmore, was a lifelong bachelor and a good friend of Grover Cleveland, who described him as "odd in many ways...".
	www.nndb.com /people/618/000127237 (478 words)

	Abigail Powers Fillmore
		Abigail's family objected to her marriage to Millard Fillmore; after all, Abigail's father had come from a prominent old Massachusetts family and the Fillmores were beneath her socially.
		Abigail Fillmore learned that The White House had neither a dictionary nor a Bible, so she raised money to begin a library.
		Abigail was the mother of President Fillmore's two children, son, Millard Powers Fillmore (1825-1889) and daughter, Mary Abigail Fillmore (1832-1854).
	ah.bfn.org /a/forestL/fillmore/index.html (379 words)

	Reference - Abigail Fillmore
		Shared eagerness for schooling formed a bond when Abigail Powers at 21 met Millard Fillmore at 19, both students at a recently opened academy in the village of New Hope, New York.
		Enjoying comparative luxury, Abigail learned the ways of society as the wife of a U.S. House.
		With a special appropriation from Congress, she spent contented hours selecting books for a White House library and arranging them in the oval room upstairs, where Abby had her piano, harp, and guitar.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Abante5993/abigail-fillmore-reference.html (455 words)

	Abigail Fillmore, First Lady
		Abigail took a job as a teacher when she was sixteen.
		Abigail was the first First Lady to hold a paying job before becoming First Lady.
		Fillmore was Vice President to Zachary Taylor and became President when Taylor died in office.
	www.classroomhelp.com /lessons/FirstLadies/AFillmore.html (123 words)

	Abagail Page
		Fillmore "could enjoy the music she so much loved, and the conversation of...cultivated society...." Despite chronic poor health, Mrs.
		Abigail arranged for the purchase of the first cooking stove in the White House.
		Abigail also set up the first White House library and had the first bathtub installed.
	www.stillwaterny.org /Town/History/abagail.htm (549 words)

	Abigail Fillmore -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The last of the first ladies born in the 1700s, Abigail Powers was the daughter of Lemuel Powers, a Baptist minister, and Abigail Newland Powers.
		The first woman to be married to a United States vice-president was Abigail Smith Adams, whose husband, John Adams, served under George Washington from 1789 to 1797.
		Thus, Abigail Adams was the first person in history to be the wife...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9096363?tocId=9096363 (740 words)

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