He was a lawyer. As a very young man, he worked as a clothmaker.
SIBLINGS Millard Fillmore was the second child in a family of nine. He had three sisters and five brothers.Children of Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe Millard FillmoreOlive Armstrong Fillmore, b. Dec. 16, 1797Millard Fillmore, b. Jan. 7, 1800, d. Mar. 8, 1874Cyrus Fillmore, b. Dec. 22, 1801Almon Hopkins Fillmore, b. Apr. 13, 1806, d. Jan. 17, 1830Calvin Turner Fillmore, b. July 9, 1810Julia Fillmore, b. Aug. 29, 1812Darius Ingraham Fillmore, b. Nov. 16, 1814, d. Mar. 9, 1837Charles De Witt Fillmore, b. Sept. 23, 1817, d. 1854Phoebe Maria Fillmore, b. Nov. 23, 1819, d. July 2, 1843
Andrew Johnson (17th president) is probably the first and only president who meets this specification. Due to extreme poverty , he was not allowed to go school but had to work from early childhood on. Millard Fillmore (#13) had a very poor education as a child, but could read and write at least a little by age 12.
He grew up on a farm and had to do his share of farm chores. For fun, he went hunting and fishing. When he was fourteen he was apprenticed to work as a clothmaker. He was not allowed to go school at that time.
Fillmore loved to collect books he and his wife, Abigail, had a personal library with 4000 books. His wife is credited with establishing the first permanent White House library. Fillmore also liked to work to benefit civic groups such as the YMCA, art museums, hospitals, colleges, volunteer fire fighters , etc.
he worked as a lawyer and minister before he was president
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he was a general in the American revolutionary war.
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Abraham Lincoln was a shopkeeper and lawyer.
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