The second president in history to become president from Vice President, the president who sent Perry to Japan, and the president who has never been popular in history.
President made up of extreme poverty
Compared to oriental history, there are few people in western history who were born in one generation. The ancient Roman emperor had a poor farmer, but there are few monarchs and heads of state who were made up of extreme poverty in the entire West.
Millard Fillmore is one of the few exceptions.
Millard Fillmore was born and raised in a log hut in New York. He is said to be poor, unable to go to school, and even suspicious of reading and writing. When he was 14, he was apprenticeed and went to school while working.
He eventually began working as a clerk under a judge, where he began studying law, changing jobs to a law firm, again studying law, and eventually becoming independent. It is said that the law firm he established at that time is still in operation.
The office that was established at that time was jointly owned, and later a partner named Nathan Kelsey Hall would become the US Posts and Telecommunications Minister when Fillmore became president.
He ran for the New York State House of Representatives in 1828, ran for the Whig Party in 1832 to become a member of the Federal House of Representatives, and Millard Fillmore became Vice President when Zachary Taylor, a Whig Party member, became president in 1848. .. One theory is that he appointed Fillmore from the Free State as Vice President because he wanted to get votes against slavery.
Fillmore himself did not use slaves, but he wanted California to become a slave state to avoid the civil war in the United States, and he said he was in favor of continuing slavery. This is probably the reason why Fillmore is unpopular. That said, Fillmore also thought that slavery itself was something to be spoiled for, but he still wanted to avoid a civil war in the United States. Zachary Taylor, on the other hand, was reluctant to continue slavery while using black slaves himself.
In 1850, when Fillmore died of illness, he was appointed as the thirteenth President of the United States.
The 13th President of the United States
During his tenure at Fillmore, a compromise was reached in 1850. This means that a series of laws to strengthen slavery, such as the Fugitive Slave Control Law, were passed, and Fillmore itself supported the continuation of slavery as mentioned above.
He also puts strict policies on Native Americans, forcing them to ceded land and strengthen their confrontational stance.
During this period, the United States was in a period of great expansion, the construction of the transcontinental railroad was started, Perry was dispatched to the Far East, and the Kingdom of Hawaii was affected by it. The policy was implemented, but there was nothing to be evaluated. After Fillmore retired, the war against the Indians intensified, the popularity of the Hawaiian party, which was the party to which he belonged, became devastating, and the country became increasingly confused and unbalanced. I ended up suffering from the war.
Although not in his presidency, his only achievement may be the establishment of his own named Buffalo University.
Millard Fillmore lived until 1874.
He said he was in favor of slavery during the Civil War and was always against Abraham Lincoln.
He is a president who really understands why he is unpopular.
Personal evaluation of Millard Fillmore
That's right, the reputation of being one of the worst presidents of all time.
He doesn't have any particular credit, but he's a mess in the United States, supporting a policy that went against the era of increased slavery. There is nothing special about him.