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  Millard Fillmore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fillmore was never elected President in his own right; after serving out Taylor's term he was not nominated for the Presidency by the Whigs in the 1852 Presidential election, and in 1856 he again failed to win election as President as the Know Nothing Party candidate.
Fillmore was born in poverty to Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe Millard Fillmore in Summerhill, New York as the second of nine children and the eldest son.
Fillmore was one of the founders of the University of Buffalo.
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 Millard Fillmore
Fillmore, with great labor, prepared a digest of the laws authorizing all appropriations reported by him to the house as chairman of the committee on ways and means, so that on the instant he could produce the legal authority for every expenditure, which he recommended.
Fillmore retired from congress in 1843, and was a candidate for the office of vice president, supported by his own and several of the western states, in the Whig convention that met at Baltimore in May 1844.
Fillmore's public record that he was a candidate for nomination as president at the Whig convention of 1852: but although his policy, the fugitive slave law included, was approved by a vote of 227 against 60, he could not command 20 votes from the free states.
www.millardfillmore.org   (5145 words)

  
 Fillmore! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loosely based on popular cop shows of the 1970s, such as The Mod Squad, Fillmore was centered on a reformed delinquent teenager, Cornelius Fillmore, and his partner, Ingrid Third, working as part of the Safety Patrol at his middle school, the eloquently named "X Middle School".
Ingrid and Fillmore were never shown becoming a couple on the series itself; therefore, this is a case of shipping.
To catch the perpetrator, Ingrid and Fillmore visit a genius art student named Randal Julian (an obvious Hannibal Lecter analogue) who was once the dreaded vandal 'Flava Sava', also known as Randal the Vandal (similar to Lecter's nickname - Hannibal the Cannibal).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fillmore!   (986 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   (745 words)

  
 Welcome to The American Presidency
Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States (1850–53), succeeding to that office on the death of Zachary Taylor.
Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y., on Jan. 7, 1800.
Fillmore, although against slavery, opposed the abolitionists as disruptive of the Whig party and of the nation itself.
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 Millard Fillmore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Millard Fillmore was one of two presidents to have double letters in his first and last names.
Fillmore was the first president to have a stepmother.
Fillmore was the last president born in the 18th century.
www.geocities.com /presfacts/fillmore.html   (103 words)

  
 Utah History Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fillmore was Utah's first territorial capital and was named for U.S. President Millard Fillmore in recognition of his courage in appointing Brigham Young Utah's first territorial governor.
In 1985 the former Fillmore Hospital was purchased by Fillmore City, and by the fall of 1986 it had been remodeled, with city offices in the east wing and the President Millard Fillmore Library in the west wing.
Fillmore is also the home of a multimillion-dollar mushroom plant located in the city's industrial park where 100,000 pounds.
www.media.utah.edu /UHE/f/FILLMORE.html   (556 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.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/presidents/bio13.htm   (1132 words)

  
 San Francisco's Fillmore Street - History
Fillmore Street has always been primarily a commercial street, providing supplies for the servants to take back to the big houses up the hill on Pacific Heights.
Fillmore became one of the most diverse neighborhoods west of the Mississippi, as enclaves of Filipino, Mexican, African-American, Japanese, Russian and Jewish residents moved in.
Senzaki and his Fillmore District zendo were key to the transmission of the practice of Zen Buddhism to the West.
www.fillmorestreetsf.com /history.html   (1593 words)

  
 Millard Fillmore
Fillmore relocated to Buffalo, New York in 1830, which would remain his primary residence for the remainder of his life.
In 1832, Fillmore was elected to the House of Representatives.
Fillmore was a supporter of the American System and in a later Congressional term played a major role in the passage of the Tariff of 1842.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h134.html   (511 words)

  
 Ventura County Star: Fillmore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A county medical clinic under construction along Highway 126 in Fillmore could be a shot in the arm for the city's economy, suffering for years from a chronic job shortage.
Fillmore City Councilman Ken Smedley says it's a common occurrence: He's chatting with someone at a shop or restaurant on Central Avenue, when the roar of a muffler or the thud of a car stereo thunders over the conversation.
The Fillmore City Council has approved a plan that allows as many as 700 new homes in a 101-acre area at the north end of town, despite hearing from a parade of opponents.
www.venturacountystar.com /vcs/fi   (537 words)

  
 Fillmore, Millard. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Thurlow Weed made Fillmore a lieutenant in the Anti-Masonic party, and with Weed’s support he served in the New York state assembly (1829–31) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1833–35).
His defeat by Silas Wright in a close contest was caused by the split between proslavery and antislavery Whigs.
He joined the Know-Nothing movement in the vain hope that it might unite North and South, and he accepted (1856) the nomination of that group for the presidency, being endorsed also by the small remnant of the Whigs.
www.bartleby.com /65/fi/Fillmore.html   (500 words)

  
 Fillmore County
Fillmore County's mission is to provide quality services to the citizens in an efficient, cost-effective manner.
Fillmore County is committed to making reasonable accommodations for the needs of individuals with disabilities.
Accommodations can be requested by contacting the County Coordinator at 507-765-4566 or the Court Administrator at 507-765-3356.
www.co.fillmore.mn.us   (108 words)

  
 PBS | The Fillmore: Music
Fillmore was like the Harlem of the West.
There was not a "Fillmore Sound" per se, but there was a swinging sound at the clubs.
Yehudi Menuhin was born in 1916 in New York but he grew up in the Fillmore district in San Francisco where he debuted as a prodigy in 1924.
www.pbs.org /kqed/fillmore/learning/music   (1094 words)

  
 Welcome to the City of Fillmore
Fillmore has a rich heritage, starting in the late 1800s with the arrival of the railroad and the development of the surrounding river valley into one of the most productive citrus producing areas of the world.
Today, Fillmore (population approximately 15,000) continues to celebrate this heritage with its historic downtown, steam train rides, winery and a number of family-oriented, old-fashioned festivals.
Fillmore is located in the heart of "Heritage Valley" in Ventura County, one of the safest areas in the nation.
www.fillmoreca.com   (228 words)

  
 Ventura County Sheriff's Department
In addition to providing law enforcement services for the City of Fillmore, the station is also responsible for serving about 450 square miles of unincorporated area in the Santa Clara Valley, including the community of Piru.
Also, the Fillmore Station is home to a Special Enforcement Detail that provides a variety of specialized duties including gang enforcement, tagging/graffiti investigations, and alcohol beverage control.
In August of 2001, the City of Fillmore introduced its first traffic enforcement motorcycle, a BMW bike, which was purchased with technology grant funds from the State.
www.vcsd.org /patrol_services/fillmore   (224 words)

  
 FHS Information
It is located in the Santa Clara Valley in Ventura County, California; and is at the northern end of California Highway 23 and in the middle of California Highway 126 between Ventura and Valencia, California.
Fillmore, California was incorporated and took its name from a railroad superintendent, not a president of the United States.
Fillmore High School Library creates the first Limited Area Network in Fillmore schools and connects to the Internet and other classrooms.
www.fillmore.k12.ca.us /fhs/hs_info.htm   (209 words)

  
 Filmore City - Utah's First Capital
The community was named by an act of the Utah Territorial Legislature signed by Brigham Young in 1851, honoring President Millard Fillmore.
For a time, Fillmore was the territorial capital of Utah.
Fillmore is nestled at the foot of a beautiful mountain range with several campground facilities, trout stream fishing, and is world famous for it's ATV trails.
www.fillmorecity.org   (155 words)

  
 Cornerstone REDA - Village of Fillmore
Fillmore is the centre for shopping, banking, schooling, recreation and medical care for the surrounding area.
Fillmore is located in South-East Saskatchewan on Highway 33, approximately 100 km south-east of Region and 50 km north-east of Weyburn.
Fillmore was named after the land owner from whom the Canadian Pacific secured the station grounds.
www.creda.sk.ca /fillmore   (191 words)

  
 Fillmore, California
One of the most delightful excursions one can enjoy between Fillmore and Santa Paula is the Fillmore and Western Railway.
Downtown Fillmore’s business district is a 6 block area depicting the architecture of the 30s and 40s.
Fillmore has recently built a Neo Classical City Hall that sits behind the Central Park Plaza.
www.heritagevalley.net /Fillmore.htm   (293 words)

  
 PBS | The Fillmore Program
But The Fillmore, a PBS documentary, goes even deeper to tell a dramatic story -- the rise and fall (and rise again?) of San Francisco's premier Black community, as it faced the nationwide juggernaut known as urban renewal.
The Fillmore showcases a remarkable group of on-camera storytellers, from mayors and musicians to journalists and community activists, who experienced the Fillmore as both the best and the worst of 20th century city life.
The Western Addition (as the neighborhood is often called) was spared from devastation; for a brief time it became the city's central commercial district, boasted a vibrant Jewish immigrant culture and eventually became home to one of the most ethnically diverse populations of any neighborhood in the nation.
www.pbs.org /kqed/fillmore/program/index.html   (745 words)

  
 The Fillmore Museum
Senzaki and his Fillmore district zendo were a seminal force in the transmission of the practice of Zen Buddhism to the West.
During the 40's, 50's, and 60's the Fillmore was one of the world's leading jazz centers and the largest fl neighborhood in the city.
During the 80's and 90's, the Fillmore, was an incubator for several companies which played an important pioneering role in the development of practical uses of both multimedia technology and the Internet.
amacord.com /fillmore/museum   (750 words)

  
 Millard Fillmore
Defeated for governor of New York in 1844, he became state comptroller in 1848, was put on the Whig ticket with Taylor as a concession to the Clay wing of the party, and became president upon Taylor's death in 1850.
As president, Fillmore broke with Weed and William H. Seward and associated himself with the pro-Southern Whigs, supporting the Compromise of 1850.
Millard FILLMORE - FILLMORE, Millard (1800—1874) FILLMORE, Millard, a Representative from New York, Vice...
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0760598.html   (348 words)

  
 Fillmore, Millard - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
FILLMORE, MILLARD [Fillmore, Millard] 1800-1874, 13th President of the United States (July, 1850-Mar., 1853), b.
Locke (now Summerhill), N.Y. Because he was compelled to work at odd jobs at an early age to earn a living his education was irregular and incomplete.
Thurlow Weed made Fillmore a lieutenant in the Anti-Masonic party, and with Weed's support he served in the New York state assembly (1829-31) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1833-35).
www.highbeam.com /doc/1E1:Fillmore/Fillmore,+Millard.html?refid=ip_hf   (478 words)

  
 San Francisco's Fillmore Street - Entertainment
It was true in the jazz era and the rock 'n roll '60s.
But on the weekend nearest the Fourth of July, the district that's famous for its music and style heats up with the finest, funkiest street fair of the year.
At the Fillmore Jazz Festival, wander the historic district's main drag and visit shops that run the gamut from women's clothing boutiques to Mr.
www.fillmorestreetsf.com /entertainment.html   (108 words)

  
 Fillmore, California
Fillmore, California, in Ventura county, is 11 miles NW of Simi Valley, California and 45 miles NW of Los Angeles, California.
Fillmore is more walker- and bicycle-friendly than most places its size.
Money donated by Fillmore residents to political parties and candidates for the 2004 elections, according to FEC reporting.
www.citytowninfo.com /places/california/fillmore   (441 words)

  
 Internet Public Library: POTUS
After Fillmore's term, he became the chancellor of the University of Buffalo.
The White House's first library, bathtub and kitchen stove were installed by the Fillmores.
Fillmore refused an honorary degree from Oxford University because he felt he had "neither literary nor scientific attainment."
www.ipl.org /div/potus/mfillmore.html   (262 words)

  
 Presidents Bio Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was the second president to succeed to the office through he death of the incumbent
Fillmore went to the patent office, read the directions, and convey them to the cook
Fillmore was the first of two presidents who was an indentured servant - the textile industry - also see Andrew Johnson
www.usatrivia.com /biofill.html   (200 words)

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