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| | Millard Fillmore |
 | | From 1829 to 1832 Fillmore served in the state assembly, and, in the single term of 1833-35, in the national House of Representatives, coming in as anti-Jackson, or in opposition to the administration. |
 | | Unlike Taylor, Fillmore favored the "Compromise Measures", and his signing one of them, the Fugitive Slave Law, in spite of the vigorous protests of anti-slavery men, lost him much of his popularity in the North. |
 | | Fillmore was twice married: in 1826 to Abigail Powers (who died in 1853, leaving him with a son and daughter), and in 1858 to Mrs. |
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