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Millard Fillmore : the limits of compromise / Thomas J. Rowland.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: First Men, America's Presidents Series - Peterson, Barbara Bennett (Oregon State University), SPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781628086720
  • 1628086726
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Millard FillmoreDDC classification:
  • 973.6/4092 23
LOC classification:
  • E427
Online resources:
Contents:
Character : the formative years in the Empire State -- On to the national stage -- Toward the threshold of greatness -- Returning to Washington -- Hail to the Chief -- President Millard Fillmore -- Foreign affairs : manifest destiny restrained -- Domestic affairs and closing out a presidency -- Post presidential career.
Summary: Arguably our most obscure president, and generally judged mediocre at best, Millard Fillmore came to the presidency in July 1850 when his predecessor, Zachary Taylor, unexpectedly died. Despite his relative anonymity, Fillmore was thrust into the nation's greatest historical argument - the great debate concerning the future of slavery in the republic. With considerable political aplomb, he helped guide the passage of the measures collectively known as the Compromise of 1850, including the sensitive and controversial Fugitive Slave Act. Rather than resolve the agitation, these measures gave way.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index.

Character : the formative years in the Empire State -- On to the national stage -- Toward the threshold of greatness -- Returning to Washington -- Hail to the Chief -- President Millard Fillmore -- Foreign affairs : manifest destiny restrained -- Domestic affairs and closing out a presidency -- Post presidential career.

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Arguably our most obscure president, and generally judged mediocre at best, Millard Fillmore came to the presidency in July 1850 when his predecessor, Zachary Taylor, unexpectedly died. Despite his relative anonymity, Fillmore was thrust into the nation's greatest historical argument - the great debate concerning the future of slavery in the republic. With considerable political aplomb, he helped guide the passage of the measures collectively known as the Compromise of 1850, including the sensitive and controversial Fugitive Slave Act. Rather than resolve the agitation, these measures gave way.

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