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2 giorni fa · The day after President Zachary Taylor died in July 1850, his vice president, Millard Fillmore of New York, was sworn into office. Fillmore would be the last Whig Party president. The party, formed in the 1830s in opposition to President Andrew Jackson, would only elect two of its members to the presidency: William Henry Harrison and Zachary ...
3 giorni fa · He won the general election alongside New York politician Millard Fillmore, defeating Democratic Party nominees Lewis Cass and William Orlando Butler, as well as a third-party effort led by former president Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams Sr. of the Free Soil Party.
1 giorno fa · In addition to his political career, Webster also had a successful legal practice and served as Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As Secretary of State, Webster negotiated several important treaties, including the Webster-Ashburton Treaty with Great Britain, which settled boundary disputes between the United States and Canada.
2 giorni fa · Abraham Lincoln, spesso italianizzato in Abramo Lincoln ( Hodgenville, 12 febbraio 1809 – Washington, 15 aprile 1865 ), è stato un politico e avvocato statunitense . Fu il sedicesimo presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America, dal 4 marzo 1861 fino alla sua uccisione, avvenuta nell'aprile del 1865. Guidò l' Unione alla vittoria nella guerra di ...
2 giorni fa · He was working on "anything drastic i do will precipitate secession" well before the election of lincoln. His placating the southerners for time and allowing them to become the aggressors kept more states from joining the secessionists, as well as helping to prevent foreign interference.
1 giorno fa · Incumbent Whig President Millard Fillmore, who succeeded to the Presidency in July 1850 after the death of more charismatic General Zachary Taylor, lacked a strong political base. The Compromise of 1850 , which admitted California alone as a free state in exchange for concessions to slave state interests, began integration of the Mexican Cession .
4 giorni fa · Read the Mallard Fillmore comic strip from May 22, 2024, and check out other Mallard Fillmore comics by Bruce Tinsley.
