Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1800, Jan. 7 | Born, Locke (now Summerhill), Cayuga County, N.Y., to Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe Millard Fillmore |
1818 | Taught school, Scott, N.Y. |
1818-1821 | Studied law under Judge Walter Wood, Montville, N.Y. |
1821 | Moved to Aurora, N.Y. |
1822 | Clerked at law firm of Asa Rice and Joseph Clary, and taught school, Buffalo, N.Y. |
1823 | Admitted to practice law by the Court of Common Pleas, Buffalo, N.Y. |
1823-1830 | Practiced law, East Aurora, N.Y. |
1826 | Married Abigail Powers (1798-1853), daughter of Lemuel Powers and Abigail Newland, Moravia, N.Y. |
1828 | Birth of son Millard Powers Fillmore, Aurora, N.Y. (died 1889) |
1828 | Elected to the New York State Assembly as Anti-Masonic Party candidate; served three one-year terms |
1830 | Formed law partnership with Joseph Clary, and moved to Buffalo, N.Y. |
1832 | Birth of daughter Mary Abigail (“Abbie”) Fillmore, Buffalo, N.Y. (died 1854) |
1833-1835 | Served in the United States House of Representatives |
1834 | Formed law firm of Fillmore & Hall with Nathan K. Hall |
1836 | Formed law firm of Fillmore, Hall & Haven with Solomon G. Haven |
1837-1843 | Served in the United States House of Representatives; declined to be renominated in 1842 |
1844 | Defeated in New York gubernatorial election |
1846-1874 | Chancellor, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y. |
1848-1849 | Comptroller of the State of New York; resigned Feb. 1849 |
1849 | Inaugurated vice president of the United States |
1850 | Sworn in as president of the United States following death of Zachary Taylor, July 9, 1850 |
1852 | Failed to win nomination of Whig Party as presidential candidate |
1853, Mar. 30 | Death of wife Abigail at City Hotel, Washington, D.C. |
1854 | Tour of southern and western United States |
1855-1856 | Tour of Europe; attended International Exposition, Paris, France |
1856 | Defeated in presidential election as the American Party candidate |
1858 | Married Caroline Carmichael McIntosh (1813-1881), daughter of Charles Carmichael and Tempe W. Blachly, Albany, N.Y. |
1862 | Chairman, Buffalo Committee of Public Defense, Buffalo, N.Y. |
1862-1867 | President, Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y. |
1866 | Second tour of Europe |
1870 | President, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y. |
1874, Mar. 8 | Died, Buffalo, N.Y.; interred Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. |