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Thomas J. Rowland
Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, WI, USA
Series: First Men, America’s Presidents
BISAC: BIO011000
Arguably our most obscure president, and generally judged mediocre at best, Millard Fillmore came to the presidency in July 1850 when his predecessor, Zachary Taylor, unexpectedly died. Despite his relative anonymity, Fillmore was thrust into the nation’s greatest historical argument – the great debate concerning the future of slavery in the republic.
With considerable political aplomb, he helped guide the passage of the measures collectively known as the Compromise of 1850, including the sensitive and controversial Fugitive Slave Act. Rather than resolve the agitation, these measures gave way to a decade of rancorous conflict which brought about the Civil War. This interpretive study seeks to understand why this president remained anchored to a past that was no longer effective in his own time. (Imprint: Nova)
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Character: The Formative Years in the Empire State
Chapter 2. On to the National Stage
Chapter 3. Toward the Threshold of Greatness
Chapter 4. Returning to Washington
Chapter 5. Hail to the Chief
Chapter 6. President Millard Fillmore
Chapter 7. Foreign Affairs: Manifest Destiny Restrained
Chapter 8. Domestic Affairs and Closing Out a Presidency
Chapter 9. Post Presidential Career
Selected Bibliography
Index
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