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1850-1853 Millard Fillmore
Fillmore sought to preserve the Union by conciliating the South over slavery but succeeded only in alienating both sides. He approved the dispatch of Commodore Mathew Perry to open Japanese ports to U.S. trade.
About his private life: Would anyone have listened to any young woman if Millard Fillmore would have had a casual affair with her?
13 Millard Fillmore Born: January 7, 1800, Locke, New York.Died: March 8, 1874. Party: Whig. Age when inaugurated: 50. Term: 1850-1853 Fillmore approved the Compromise of 1850, allowing slavery in the South. But neither North nor South was happy with it, and Fillmore was blamed for the law's failure. Famous Fact: In 1856, Fillmore ran for President on the anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party ticket. (Source: scholasticnetwork.com)
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