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Show 65 Years Ago Occurred the fhe Death DeathOf DeathOf DeathOf Of OfliThe "The The liThe " President Nobody Knows " Encyclopedias Encyclopedas ond and end Dictionaries DictionMies Dcfionaries of Bioyraphy Biography Wography Grvo Give Gvo Litflo little LHflo Space to fo Millard RHmore Fillmore Yet Yef He Ho HeWas HoWas HeWas Was One of the Most Interesting Inferesfing Characters Who Ever Occupied fho the White House and andMany andMany andMany Many Important Measures Were P Passed Pnsed nsed During His Administration . , . . . . C o Weeteri We tem 1U N.w Nw Newpaper New.paper per Union By : ELMO ILMO SCOTT WATSONC WATSON C ( , ( ' r I HE President Nobody Nobody No- No Nobody - - - 'THE THE KnowsL | body Knows Knowbl ' " -L L - That title could be begiven begiven given and not inappropriate mappropnate- mappropnate inappropriate- inappropriately mappropnateIy - - ly Iy to an American who died diedb diedb5 diedb5 b b5 , ) years ago thl this month He lie Hewas liewas Hewas was Millard Fillmore 13th 13thPresident 13thPresident 13thPresident President ofthe of the United Umted Stdtes States Statesbut , , but he has been the subject subjectof of fewer biographies and less lessspace lessspace lessspace space is devoted to him in m the theencyclopedIas theencyclopedias theencyclopedias encyclopedIas and diction dictIOn- dictIOnaries dictionaries dictionaries - aries of biography than has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been the case with anyother any other otherof otherof otherof of our Chief Executa Executives ves So Sothe Sothe Sothe the average American knows knowsvery knowsvery knowsvery about abouthIm abouthim abouthim very little httle , if anything anythmg hIm as a man or as a PresidentYet President PresidentYet Yet he was one of the most moat mostmterestmg moatinteresting mostinteresting mterestmg interesting characters who whoever whoever whoever ever occupied the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House and dunn ( during luring his hie ; Pre Presi Presidencyoccurred Presidpncy l ldpncyoccurrecl dpncyoccurrecl dencyoccurred occurred scvi-nl scvi nl scvernil s < . v .r'11 .r11 r11 < . - ' < . eventsof vents veflts ventsof vefltsof of oustanding oustandmg Import importtince importance I1l e m in mAmerican inAmerican inAmerican American 11l historyFillm history historyFillmc tory toryFlllm Fillmc Flllm Fillm ( re wa wab was born it II n ii 1 I K g i ( tb tbIn lbin In it-i it i - on a 11 farm fdrm in C L IYUbd iyua yu a U Ct < - ( ui ur ty tyNew tyNew tyNew New York a few milps ititles nlllf > s s u hcat Iioast hcatof Iioastof heastof . , of the little city of Moravia on onI onF onFebruary I F ' ebruary 7 1800 OPI Op [ ( c rtunlties rturiitieS rtunltiesfor rturiitieSfor rtunitiesfor for an educatKn educatHn educatu n w wt-it- wt it wut wtit1 - u . - I 1 1 mited IT1lted ititted In Inthe inthe inthe the primitive prlnutlve IriliittlVe ) sd &cl cl & et ools 0019 tiols wI wlich I l ( h Ii ex exI existed existed I isted ted in thcit thdt that region H.glOn HglOn rigion . and wllLh wllLhy wt wI icli icliyt ichyi y yt ( ung F illmore FIllmore ilimore attended attt.nded atttnded attLilded . lefw leR ie&s ies " ! & than thanthree thanthree thanthree three months of eddi edch each year There Therew're Therewere Therewere w're wre were ( ' fl no ( ) new newspipers < ; p"1pers p1pers " or mdg"1ZlneS mdg1ZlneS magZineS mdg"1ZlneSavailable magZineSavailable magizineaavailable " available and his f-ithcr f ithcr hther fither - s a It ii Itbnuy iibrary library bnuy brary con consisted < ; l < ; ted of only two twol twoI twot l I t ( t ( ktho ks-the ks the ks _ - tho Bible and a colledlOn oilection collectionof colledlOnof oilectionof of hymns hymn < ; In fact it 1 is < ; said Ulat that Ulatyom thatyour thatyour yom your g Fillmore FlllnlOre never nevt > r 3 ' saw W a his hist t iry lry ry of the United Umtpd ; States Ctatps nor a amap amap amap map of hl his < ; country until lie he Was was vns 19 19years 19years 19years years old I ! IWhen Wlien When Fillmore Flllmore was 15 he lie was wasapprenltced wasapprenticed wasapprenticed apprenltced apprenticed ' to 0 a wool carder and afli andclotl aflicloti andclott ( clotl cloti ler ter and with hi his ' ! fir first < ; t wages wagespurchased wagespurchased wagespurchased purchased a small L.nghsh Lnghsh Lnglish . ngllsh dlC dic dlCtlOnary dictionary dietionary tlOnary tionary which he lie studied studlPd while whileattending whileattending whileattending attending the tht > car ling hog nn nt mic ( I me meBy meBy meBy By the time he wa was < ; 19 he had hadresolved hadresolved hadresolved resolved toabecome tottJecome tocibecome : a lawyer HIS HISterm histerm Histerm term of apprentlce apprenticeship < ; lllp had two twomore twomore twomore more years to run but he hp m'lde mlde rrvide m'ldean rrvidean rmdean ' an arrangement with his employ employer er whereby he agrp agred agretd ( ( d to rehn relin rehnqUlsh relinquish relinquish qUlsh quish his wages for the thL thit last lastye1r lastyeir lastyeir ye1r yeir s servit servl < e es < ; ai al at 1 I 1 also prom proml promised promised l ised < ; pd to pay $30 30 $ for his tune time tuneNe timeNext tuneNext Ne Next .t t . > he made an arranpment arranpmentwith arrangement arrangementwith arrangementwith ! { with Judge Wo < ( d ( f Moravia a aretired aretired aretired retired countt countly y lawyer by which whichhe whichhe whichhe he was WdS to receive his Ills board In Inpayment inpayment inpayment payment for w ( rking rk1l1g in the of office offi oftl oftle fice fi < -e e - e lie Be began reading law lawunder lawunder lawunder under the judge s a direction and andto andto andto to " supplement "upplement upplement hl his < ; In IFR income ( orne ome he hetaught hetaught hetaught taught school a part c ( f the tl111e time tl111eBy timeBy timeBy By 1823 he had 1 Ie le ( ' irned enough enoughlaw enoughlaw enoughlaw law to be admitted adlnltted as dS an dn attorney attorneyby attorneyby attorneyay by the court ( fcon f con m rn n pleas pleds of ofl ofrle ofIrie ofbrie l < - -rle rle Irie county ( ' even 'ven ven tIuh UtiLli tl tI U ufh u/h u h tiLli / , , let 1 e I } dd ad adt ddI I t t Ct c < ( mpletfcd rnpletld nipletd tl tI e t < ( r rsc rst < , < . 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MILLAKD MILLARD FILLMOREbuilt FILLMORE FILLMOREbuilt built for her with his own h hands handsand handsand nds ndsand and they began their struggle to tolive tolive 11 live ve on the meager earnings of oftI ofti oftl tI e young lawyerTo lawyer lawyerTo To help her husbandcontinue husband continue continue1 11 1 is < ; studies tudles Abigail Ablgul , Fillmore went wentback wentback wentback back to school teaching teac1ung In 1827 1827I 1827F 1827P I F < illmure Illmore ilimore was admitted to the bar baritS baras barus itS as a full fledged attorney at law lawdnd lawand lawand dnd and the next year he was elected electedto to the state legislature At that thattime thattime thattime time the anti Mason excitement excitementwas was at its height and Fillmore Fillmorewas Fillmorewas Fillmorewas was sent to Albany as the repre representatlve representative representative sentatlve sentative from Erie Ene county of that thatwmg thatwing thatwing wmg wing of the Whig party In 1829 1829he 1829he 1829he he was granted the right nght to plead pleadI pleadbefore pleadbefore pleadbefore before the state Supreme court courtand courtand I , and the next year he was re reelected reelected reelected elected to the legislatureFillmore legislature legislatureFillmore Fillmore distinguished himself himselfby himselfby himselfby by drafting dra&tmg dratmg drakmg & the bill passed In in1831 1811 1831 whichabolished which abolished imprison Imprtson Imprtsonment imprisonmeat ; ment meat for debt in New York The Thent.xt Thenext Thenext nt.xt ntxt next . year he was elected to con congr"ss congress congross gr"ss grss gress ( " and after serving one term terra termretIred terraretired termretired retIred until 1836 when he was wasre wasre wasre re elected He was again re returned returned returned turned to Washington Washmgton in 1838 and and1840 1840 but declined decltned a renominatIOn renominationin in 1842In 1842 1842In In 1847 he was elected comp comp- comptroller comptroller comptroller - - troller of the state stdte of New York Yorkand Yorkand Yorkand and in bis bls his annual report for 1848 1848suggested 1848suggested 1848suggested suggested the establishment estabhshment of a anatIonal anational anational natIonal bank with the stocks of ofthe ofthe ofthe the United States as the sole ba baSIS basis basis SIS upon which to issue its cur currency currency currency rency Out of this suggestIOn suggestIOngrew suggestiongrew suggestiongrew grew eventually our present sys systern systern systern tern of national banks Dunng During Dunngthis Duringthis Duringthis this same year Fillmore again againentered againentered againentered entered the arena ofnatIOnal of national pol poi polItlCS poiitics politics ItlCS itics Conspicuous for his antI antIslavery antislavery antislavery slavery views he was chosen by bythe bythe bythe the Whigs as their candidate for forVice forvice forvice Vice president and running runnmg mate matefor matefor matefor for Gen Zachary Taylor in the thecampaign thecampaign thecampaign campaign of 1848By 1848 1848By By virtue vlrtae virtrie of his election to that thatofhce thatoflice thatoflice ofhce oflice Fillmore presided 0 over oer " er the theUnited theUnited theUnited United States tates senate sen.lte senlte . during durmg the thehedted theheated theheated hedted heated debate in the se session sesoion < ; 'lOn lOn < ' , of oflat ofHtl lat 181 ) )0 0 )0OVLr )0over > ) 0 over OVLr the slavery questIOn questIOnAI questionAr questionArtid AI Ar b ( , t ( I id ( d by the bitter Iii 1 I ir H ii gUdge guage gUdgeu guageusc guageus u usc < ; ( < 1 I by the , > senate enat ( rs F I < 1 ' IIJmore illmore illmoren IIJmoren illmoreLi n Li a .1 1 . Ie Ia a d f rcible rClble speechuhnounc speechatiriounc speech uhnounc atiriounc uhnouncII1g atiriounclug announcing II1g lug II I t is " determination detC'rrnuwtlOn detCrrnuwtlOn deterrnhiiiitior1 ' to Inamtam inaintairi Inamtamorder inaintairiorder maintainorder order and dec de dcc < Ilrlllg Iiring I I inng iring that Ie t 1 e W we wi ( uld uldI uldILS I t . Cs ' > I i i 1 tI it tie e rule e establist establish < , tJbllsl ed I tyVi y yVI yVi VI e I 1 resi rpsl lent ient C l 111oun illoun ill 111 oun in 1826 i826 1826wi i826wi lR2bwl wi c ( h ii del dci dc ( rived nvpd tl ti e v ce prLsl prtsi prLsldUlt prtsibitt president dUlt bitt ( If IfauU fauth ( f ( auti auU auth nty rity to call senators senatorsto to or It 1 ( r Instead Instesd Instesdof Insteadof of resenting resentingU U is ei el croachment croachlnent upon their theirpro theirproedure theirprocedure pro proedure ( edure by an executive order orderthe orderthe orderthe the senators cheered Fillmore at atthe atthe atthe the ( conclusion oncIuslon onclusion of his speech and anddlrec anddirerted anddirected dlrec direrted ted that his remarks be en ent"red entered enterpd t"red tred tered ( " in III full c ( n the pabes pates pa es of the theSf'I.Ite theserate theser Sf'I.Ite SfI.Ite SfIIte serate ' . ate J jiurnal jiurnalI ( urnal I illii IIln ilin ore preIIed presi ' ! led with equal equalfirn equalfirIi equalnrn firn firIi i p ess s during durlllg the exciting excltmg de- de do debalt dobait de-balk de balk - . * - balt bait . . 0\ 0 over 0er ooer \ er Henry ilenry Clay Clays s a omnl omni omnlbus omnibus ommbus bus bill v.h1 vh1 . which vtiich .h h < . dragged on for forwc'k forwcks forweeks wc'k wck wcks ( ' " Then the controversy controversyended controversyended controversyended ended abruptly abrLiptly when PI Piesident PiesidentTyJor PiesidentTiylor eSldent eSldentT'lylor T'lylor Tlylor TyJor ' diedon died on July 9 1) 1 ) 1850 und and undMIIJc1rd andMillard andMillard MIIJc1rd Millard F illmore 1llmare ilimore left the sendte senate sendteto senateto senateto to take takc up tiP his new duties dutleq tS i-s i s - s Pre Presli Pres Preslent ' ! 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