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Definition of Fillmore
1. Noun. Elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874).
Generic synonyms: Chief Executive, President, President Of The United States, United States President
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fillmore
Literary usage of Fillmore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"MILLARD Fillmore. WASHINGTON, DC, February 10, 1852. ... MILLARD Fillmore.
WASHINGTON, February 8, To the Senate and House of Representatives: I herewith ..."
2. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"reason to feel that the succession of Fillmore boded ill to their scheme.1 Millard
Fillmore was a ... Fillmore was distinguished for his suavity of manners. ..."
3. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"WEDNESDAY, July the tenth, witnessed the inauguration of Mr. Fillmore, Vice-Président
of ... Mr. Fillmore, with great propriety, reduced the ceremony of his ..."
4. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"Fillmore. A True Account of the singular Sufferings of John Fillmore on board a
noted Pirate Ship ; with a Biography of Millard Fillmore of Buffalo. Utica. ..."
5. Presidents of the United States of America by Frank Freidel (1998)
"Born in the Finger Lakes country of New York in 1800, Fillmore as a youth ...
Fillmore held state office and for eight years was a member of the House of ..."
6. The Lives and Graves of Our Presidents by George Sumner Weaver (1884)
"On his second term in Congress Mr. Fillmore was made chairman of the committee
... Mr. Fillmore was an ardent friend of a protective tariff; but he must so ..."
7. The Civil Service and the Patronage by Carl Russell Fish (1904)
"No useful suggestions were made in the discussion.1 When Fillmore succeeded to
... In order to get rid of Weed, Fillmore offered him the Austrian mission. ..."
8. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of by Thomas Lanier Clingman (1877)
"Webster and Fillmore especially, on account of their friendship for those measures.
... President Fillmore hesitated to allow his name to go before the ..."
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